I am in New York City freezing my ass off. I come every year to see the Veterans Day Parade (which was a huge disappointment this year). I hate cold weather, but I voluntarily came to NYC, so who can I blame? I can only blame myself which brings me to my thought for today. We often look f...

Texas has no personal income tax (one of only seven States to have this provision) and it is likely to stay that way based upon the results of Proposition Four on the recent Texas ballot. Proposition Four, which erects an almost impossible hurdle to the enactment of a state income tax, w...

In the life-cycle of a company — be it a high tech startup or a paint manufacturer — the initial culture of the company is grown from the seed corn of the founders’ values. The first challenge for any founder is to codify his/her values while recognizing that she/he owns...

I’m a huge fan of toys and other things that can get young kids engaging in instructing machines what to do. I think that in the world these children are going to grow up into, that is going to be super important to them as adults. And so toys like Mochi Robot are great for parents, tea...

Our portfolio company Cloudflare posted yesterday about the two and a half year war it waged against a patent troll called Blackbird. This was the battle plan that Cloudflare came up with: After we were sued by Blackbird, we decided that we wouldn’t roll over. We decided we would do our...