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Keith Rabois on angel investing

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:35:00 -0700

Video: Keith Rabois on angel investing

Keith is on AngelList — contact him here.

Full video of Steve Jobs at D8

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0700

Go to All Things Digital for the full video of Steve Jobs speaking at D8. The video doesn’t support embedding. I’m 50 minutes into watching the video and it’s worth every minute. Also, the page reloads every 15 minutes so you’ll keep losing your place — still worth it though.

In the video, Jobs implies that Apple open sources their contributions to WebKit so Apple and other browser makers like Google can gang up on IE and Mozilla (sorry I don’t have the timecode — it’s a long video). In other words, Apple open sources strategically. So I wonder why they’re taking FaceTime to the standards bodies.

John Doerr interviews Mike Moritz interviews John Doerr

Thu, 27 May 2010 10:25:00 -0700

Audio: John Doerr and Mike Moritz interview each other - 2008 (Download)

There are a lot of opinions in the venture capital business, but watching and listening and occasionally expressed sentiments often serve you extremely well in this business. Because you actually make very very few decisions. – Moritz @ 25:45

This is a classic interview of John Doerr and Mike Moritz by John Doerr and Mike Moritz. There’s no video, just audio.

If you run out of dishes to wash while you’re listening to the interview, Scott Austin has a great summary of the interview: Doerr and Moritz Stir VCs in One-On-One Showdown.

John Doerr — the salesman for nerds

Tue, 25 May 2010 09:59:15 -0700

Video: Charlie Rose interviews John Doerr

I’m going to keep my eyes on the videos coming out of TechCrunch Disrupt this week. The best talk on Monday was Charlie Rose’s interview of John Doerr.

I’ve always thought of John Doerr as a salesmen for nerds.

Doerr always looks at the big picture — I remember him talking about how the browser was going to be important again, well before Firefox emerged.

Jack Dorsey on drawing, luck, and iteration

Fri, 21 May 2010 08:00:00 -0700

Video: Jack Dorsey at The 99 Percent (via Fred Wilson)

The second big thing is luck. It’s not relying on luck… it’s being able to recognize when it’s happening around you. (@ 4:30)

Gates convinces Jobs to give him 3 pre-release Macs

Wed, 19 May 2010 23:02:00 -0700

Video: Pirates of Silicon Valley

Watch how Gates manipulates Jobs hatred of IBM to get his way at 6:45.

Every entrepreneur should see Pirates of Silicon Valley. This made-for-TV movie from 1999 is amazingly well-done. It’s a dramatization of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak starting Apple; Bill Gates and Paul Allen starting Microsoft; and how Jobs and Gates collided.

The script and acting ring true. Wozniak writes that “the personalities were very accurately portrayed.” Steve Jobs actually invited Noah Wyle, the actor who portrays Jobs, to impersonate him at Macworld. And the negotiations are pretty realistic.

Watch the clip above and rent the movie if you like it — it’s cheesy but good.

This Week in Venture Capital with Jason Calacanis

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:42:00 -0700

Video: This Week in Venture Capital Episode 6 (Download)

This Week in Venture Capital is a combination of startup analysis and startup advice from Jason Calacanis’ burgeoning ThisWeekIn empire. Mark Suster is the host. Jump to 33:05 for a solid block of startup advice on:

Your deck getting in the wrong hands. @ 33:05
If this is your first time raising angel money… @ 38:13
“VCs—when we fund raise—never ever are raising money. We’re pre-marketing until the round’s closed.” – Mark Suster @ 44:34

If you’re into startup analysis check out the deal of the week, Stack Overflow, @ 1:00. Jason’s Q&A expertise shines through here. And here’s Mark’s recap of the episode.

Marc Andreessen: Stanford Q&A

Sun, 16 May 2010 18:44:00 -0700

Video: Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner (Download)

There are products that become companies. And there are companies that come up with a product. @ 13:53

The 2 hardest parts of running these companies: #1 is recruiting and #2 is talking people out of quitting. @ 25:55

I don’t believe there is such a thing as the venture capital industry… you’ve got 20, 30, 40 boutique venture capital firms that do really well over time and you’ve got 660 firms that will generally very much break your heart as an investor if you invest in them. @ 43:06

WHY VHTV

Sun, 16 May 2010 18:43:00 -0700

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