http://letter.ly/tdavidson I am no longer writing here. Go to http://taylordavidson.com/writing en-us Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:25:04 -0500 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:25:04 -0500 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 100 - You are now unsubscribed 2012-01-09 13:25:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 99 - The crowd + venture funding. What can go wrong? 2012-01-09 06:00:11 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 98 - "Find the minimum amount of technology that will maximize your options." 2011-12-18 19:05:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 97 - The Theory of the Nine Rakes 2011-12-15 20:30:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 96 - "No Copyright Intended" 2011-12-12 08:30:06 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 95 - Why is Goldman Sachs doing direct VC investing? (Beyond the knee-jerk response) 2011-12-07 12:35:08 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 94 - In case you missed it 2011-12-01 11:05:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 93 - Monetizing Intent Engines 2011-11-30 16:55:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 92 - Tim Tebow and the Minimum Viable Offense 2011-11-29 18:55:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 91 - Changed Perspectives 2011-11-28 17:10:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 90 - Why does everyone want to break the Internet? 2011-11-18 15:50:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 89 - Cool Email Tools 2011-11-16 20:25:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 88 - The history of Groupon's financing will be a fascinating read someday. 2011-11-11 08:15:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 87 - The best technology fades into the background 2011-11-07 16:15:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 86 - Why it's hard to get paid for free, and how to do it. 2011-11-06 13:30:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 85 - 7 Responses to "Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity" 2011-10-24 20:55:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 84 - Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity 2011-10-21 10:45:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 83 - Starting, building and ending: all deserve to be celebrated. 2011-10-21 06:10:24 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 82 - "It's not a cash crunch, it's Darwinism." 2011-10-19 19:50:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 81 - The balance of power between Groupon, Zynga and Airbnb and their potential investors 2011-10-18 04:30:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 80 - "I want a to-do list for my city. Let me tell myself what I want to do in a future place, time or situation, then remind when I'm there and then." 2011-10-16 08:25:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 79 - Finding Student / Teacher Fit 2011-10-11 14:30:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 78 - "Pirates never get hangovers cause they never stop drinking." 2011-10-07 12:00:07 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 77 - Entrepreneurial Frame - Turning a Service into a Product 2011-10-05 14:10:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 76 - Two keys to collaborating, for photographers and startups. 2011-10-04 21:30:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 75 - What startups are drawing the most interest on @SecondMarket? 2011-09-28 09:25:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 74 - Investing in Startup Index Funds 2011-09-27 19:55:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 73 - Hone your craft. 2011-09-24 13:15:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 72 - Meaning gaps as "Unjoined narrative elements" 2011-09-19 11:45:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 71 - Are you ready for Facebook's alternative to Adsense? 2011-09-16 09:25:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 70 - The bubble is already here - it's just not very evenly distributed. And that's a good thing. 2011-09-16 06:00:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson =?windows-1252?Q?69_=2D_The_argument_about_privacy_isn=92t_about_privac?= =?windows-1252?Q?y=2C_it=92s_about_control=2E?= 2011-09-14 23:25:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 68 - Feature gaps, product gaps, business gaps, market gaps, meanings gaps - Know which gap you're filling. 2011-09-11 18:25:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 67 - "When in doubt, lean forward." 2011-09-09 09:40:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 66 - "Sleep No More" 2011-09-07 19:35:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 65 - Foursquare and Hurricanepocalypse 2011 2011-08-29 12:50:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 64 - Hardware is the new software (Part 2) 2011-08-25 15:50:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 63 - One thing I don't do. 2011-08-25 05:20:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 62 - Lift, Epic, and Habit: Technology companies built to solve human problems. 2011-08-24 14:55:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 61 - Let SXSW PanelPicker Season begin! 2011-08-22 19:55:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson =?windows-1252?Q?60_=2D_=22Eventually=2C_you_grew_apart=2E=94?= 2011-08-17 23:05:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 59 - The art of accounting for new business models (Part 2) 2011-08-15 16:10:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 58 - The real challenges technology companies face today are human, not technical. 2011-08-08 04:30:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 57 - How I find the 5 most important links for me to read every day 2011-08-04 13:10:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 56 - "Let Wall Street have them." 2011-07-31 15:35:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 55 - Why, and how, to invest in small innovations and trivial startups 2011-07-29 11:50:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 54 - "Dear Sir ... Honestly, I think you're lovely." 2011-07-21 22:15:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 53 - Dodging Zombies 2011-07-19 13:00:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 52 - How Moneyball was the precursor to the Lean Startup methodology. 2011-07-18 19:15:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 51 - The art of accounting for new business models, hidden deep inside S-1s. 2011-07-15 14:35:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 50 - Recapping a morning working with the MicroInterns 2011-07-14 11:45:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 49 - CORRECTION - Why the asymmetric share is the key to Google+ 2011-07-14 07:00:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 48 - Why the asynchronous follow is the key to Google+ 2011-07-06 07:35:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 47 - Risk capital flows through relationships (talking about venture capital and Afghanistan). 2011-06-23 09:05:07 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 46 - Can OpenPhoto unbundle the photo industry? 2011-06-21 07:20:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 45 - Following up about the Accredited Investor Rule (Part 2) 2011-06-20 06:10:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 44 - What's the point of the accredited investor rule? 2011-06-17 05:25:02 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 43 - What's the difference between Profounder and AngelList? 2011-06-15 04:15:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 42 - Extending the thoughts on Groupon (i.e. Part 2) 2011-06-07 06:15:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 41 - Investing in @Groupon is a bet on their team and their ability to innovate, not on their existing economics. 2011-06-06 07:55:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 40 - Will the re-opening of the first market kill Second Market? 2011-06-03 04:50:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 39 - Why "the filter bubble" is (mostly) hogwash. 2011-05-20 05:55:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Startup accelerators are universities for startups. That's why ranking them is a flawed endeavor. 2011-05-02 13:05:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 37 - Are deals, distribution or data the key to "daily deals"? 2011-04-28 09:45:09 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 36 - Information, Intelligence, and Wisdom. There's a business in every part of the stack. 2011-04-26 17:25:06 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 35 - Comparing lifestage apps, life-event apps and niche product strategies 2011-04-19 16:35:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 34 - How a single sentence changed the way I see. 2011-04-10 12:15:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 33 - Why are we uncomfortable about telling people where we are? 2011-04-06 04:30:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 32 - How iTunes and Angry Birds have conditioned people to use mobile payments. 2011-03-30 04:45:12 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #31 - The AT&T /T-Mobile deal is about spectrum. Should a corporate acquisition be the most economically efficient way to acquire more spectrum? 2011-03-28 09:15:03 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Would you think differently about Color if it was a new Facebook feature? 2011-03-23 20:30:06 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Observations on the future of entertainment media 2011-03-23 14:15:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #28 - Combining aspirational and practical perspectives, and the necessary hiccups. 2011-03-17 10:10:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 27 - I'll buy shares in a SecondMarket index fund. Who will be the first to create one? 2011-03-16 14:50:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson 26 - Hardware is the new software. Entrepreneurs and investors, get on board. 2011-03-11 08:10:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #25 - The Missing Loop in Health Hacking Technology and Communities. 2011-03-08 08:35:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #24 - The closest thing to venture fundrasing from the masses is a Kickstarter project. (i.e. Kickstarter and NeighborGoods) 2011-03-03 13:35:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #23 - AngelList, and how disrupting information asymmetries reallocates returns 2011-02-28 14:55:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #22 - Checking in. 2011-02-25 10:50:19 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #21 - How to Choose An Incubator. (Outlining 15 Types of Support Structures for Early-Stage Businesses.) 2011-02-24 12:45:07 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #20 - Is Silicon Valley selling out its future? Knowledge flows follow capital flows. (i.e. DST and Yuri Milner) 2011-02-23 11:40:08 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #19 - Venture capital and private markets: Investing in posters, betting on trend lines. 2011-02-22 15:35:08 http://letter.ly/tdavidson #18 - There are no more Australias? There are no more big innovations? Hardly. Always trust the unknown unknown. 2011-02-22 12:40:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson The rich invest in the private, and cash out to the public. How is this good for the US? 2011-02-15 09:20:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Innovation and entrepreneurship aren't the same. I hope Startup America realizes that. 2011-02-07 15:35:04 http://letter.ly/tdavidson The White House cashes in on entrepreneurship (i.e. Startup America). 2011-02-02 13:20:09 http://letter.ly/tdavidson US early-stage investors got out-innovated by a foreigner. Again. 2011-01-30 22:20:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Why Obama's State of the Union Address justifies the need for a write() API for government. 2011-01-26 10:50:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson New payment methods will not kill credit cards, but may relegate them to a "dumb pipe". 2011-01-25 08:25:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Money doesn't equal relevance. How venture capital's recent struggles point to the decreasing relevance of IPOs. 2011-01-24 11:01:24 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Goldman blinked on the Facebook offering. But will another investment bank take the risk? 2011-01-18 14:26:05 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Goldman pulls Facebook offering from US clients. Bad for US investors. Bad for US markets. Good for US companies? 2011-01-17 10:36:00 http://letter.ly/tdavidson TripIt got bought. Do you remember when Dopplr got bought? 2011-01-14 12:50:49 http://letter.ly/tdavidson For whom is influence important? 2011-01-14 07:25:51 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Measuring influence takes a bit of science and a bit of art. Let's not forget the art. 2011-01-13 20:15:49 http://letter.ly/tdavidson How do we solve the last-mile problem for entrepreneurs in highly regulated industries? 2011-01-13 13:30:47 http://letter.ly/tdavidson It's difficult to value what's inside the black box. 2011-01-06 07:00:19 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Would you charge people to access your Facebook if you could? 2011-01-05 06:05:18 http://letter.ly/tdavidson Bankers always maneuver faster than regulators (Facebook and Wall Street) 2011-01-03 06:30:08 http://letter.ly/tdavidson The kids are alright. 2010-12-22 22:44:23