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Posts from ‘December, 2006’

Rescinding a Dumb Policy

A while ago I posted a dumb policy essentially stating that I wouldn’t accept entrepreneurs’ (Web-based) social networking requests while they were under active consideration for investment here at Voyager Capital. This was ill-conceived. After all, anyone who is observing whether or not a given entrepreneur (Mr. X, let’s say) is garnering links from VC [...]

Myspace: Exemplifying the "Worse is Better" Principle

I’d been holding out as long as I could, but the time finally has arrived when I have no excuse any longer not to have a Myspace account. Considering that it’s impossible to hear a Web deal pitch these days without some reference to the 800-pound, Goth-dressing, emo-listening gorilla that is Myspace (be it as [...]