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Ecommerce Referrals

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First Round Capital portfolio company Monetate just released a very interesting infographic showing how Pinterest and other social tools are rapidly changing how people get referred to ecommerce sites. Check it out...

Good Luck Charlie

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After two years at First Round Capital, today Charlie O’Donnell announced he was leaving to launch his own seed-stage venture fund, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures - the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn. I’m really very excited for Charlie and...

We, We, We so excited for our annual holiday video

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Over the last few years, one of my favorite holiday traditions has been putting together First Round Capital's annual holiday video. In the past we have used song, dance and our impressive physiques to work our way into your hearts...

Saving Time vs. Killing Time

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Over the years, we've met with thousands of entrepreneurs who were starting consumer Internet businesses. And as we listen to them describe their business, I find myself categorizing the opportunity. One of categorizations I've found most helpful has been to...

Fun Fact of The Week: Path to Revenues

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Last week I posted some data from our portfolio about the pace of seed-stage financings. And it sure looked like things are speeding up. This week, I thought we'd take a look at the speed at which our companies generate...

Save The Internet

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I rarely (or never) post about politics here. However, today Congress holds hearings on a bill that would create the "first American Internet censorship system". This bill is being rushed through Congress without any input from the technology industry --...

Fun Fact of The Week: Time from Inbox to Investment

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During the last few weeks there has been a lot of commentary about what’s going on in the seed funding markets. Some say that web startups face a cash crunch. Some disagree. Some think there is a “Series A Crunch”....

Anticipation

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As Philadelphia gets ready for Halloween and the first snowstorm of the year, it's a reminder that holiday season is right around the corner. And the approaching holiday season can only mean one thing -- it's almost time for First...

Subscription Commerce and Kiwi Crate

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I've previously shared some of my thoughts on ecommerce. Specifically, that there is the potential for massive disruption in ecommerce due to the explosion in interesting technologies and opportunities such as mobile, social networks, user generated content, virtual goods, etc....

If Reed Hastings had worked at Techcrunch...

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I find it funny that Reed Hasting's letter about splitting up Netflix's DVD-by mail and streaming services could have worked perfectly for AOL's decision to split up blogging and investing. Courtesy of "find and replace" here is the letter Arrington...