Jackson Fish Market
Posted on September 30, 2008 by hillel on Interesting

The Coming Winter

“If, on the other hand, you are just starting a company, or have angels backing you, or are backed by first time venture firms that are not funded by traditional sources, then I think you’ve got a bigger problem on your hands. It’s not an impossible problem to solve, but you have to start thinking […]

Posted on September 29, 2008 by hillel on Industry

Marathons vs. Sprints

I’m not entirely sure that I’m qualified to comment on this issue as I run neither marathons nor sprints, and while our little startup here is progressing nicely, I wouldn’t claim we’re (yet) something to model your business after. That said, I feel the need to comment anyway. (Big surprise.) Jason Calacanis sent out e-mail […]

Posted on September 25, 2008 by hillel on Future Office

Office as Clubhouse

We’ve had some visitors over the past couple of months here at the office. Our digs are not plush by any means, but they certainly have character. And they uniquely reflect the environment in which we each want to work. A couple of folks have recently observed that our offices are more like a clubhouse […]

Posted on by hillel on Random

Where am I gonna find another fish market?

Yesterday I was perched on an ebay auction page about to purchase this little gem: You’d think that Playmobil Victorian Fish Market sets would come up for sale all the time, but they don’t. This one would have looked awesome in our office. Of course, in the final 2 minutes of the auction a friend […]