Both Sides of the Table - Latest Comments in About Me

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Philip Wagner — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:57:35 -0000

Hi,
R U familiar w/ Paige Craig/ Christian bailey / and the Lincoln Group? I am interested because I am very disturbed by the politicization of our foreign policy and the fact that no nidb/no result/no oversight DOD contracts worth millioions of tax payer dollars are awarded to people with no experience in fields likr PR Done under Bush/Cheney ( but apparently a common practice regardless of party affiliiation). for US gov't agencies to sub contract out work which may be illegal, allowing them a "cover" as in the planting of favorable media coverage in places like Iraq/Afghanistan . (See Willem Marx's article in Harpers magazine about his internship for the Lincoln group in Iraq. ) As a VC no one seems to ask WHERE the money comes from these newly transformed "angel investors."
I leave it to others to do the background research on these folks and reach their own conclusions on where the money comes drom.
Thank you,
Philip Wagner
PW7361@aol.com

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Martin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:55:43 -0000

Mark:
Incredibly refreshing and I loved your piece on being an "entrepreneur", OUTSTANDING! I just came across you today, Jan' 31, 2011 and am floored by the acumen and mostly by the he's-inside-my-head thoughts you express. I'm looking forward to more.

Cheers,
Martin A. Cody
Founder, CEO
Cellar Angels, LLC

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Jamie Clarke — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:24:40 -0000

Hi Mark,

Not sure if the best way to connect is on here or through a twitter message. Was wondering if you're open to connecting for a 5 question short interview (just through email or DM) for a segment I am helping to start called "Investors We Like" for my company blog.

I'd love to connect if you have the time, twitter is: @JayAClarke

Thanks Mark.

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Arnon — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:28:38 -0000

Hi Mark
Can you send me our email i would like to consult with you you can contact me 201-390-9090
or my email arnon@oneononeads.com
thanks
Arnon

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Luuster — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:50:49 -0000

I been working on Deediq.com, thank you for the advice... Kudos

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Daniel — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:16:25 -0000

Hi I have one idea on web service, and two ideas on hardware (laptop related). I wonder if I can send you a short description for funding? Do you fund hardware ideas?
I believe my ideas are game changing :)

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Iamthecountry — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:02:26 -0000

l;aunchpad sounds like a cool idea, and you could use the domain I own, funding.la

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timnex — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:45:17 -0000

The 5 skills article is right on the money, even more so if you've taken the path to customers and revenue to build a solid foundation to accept investment. My company is in the advertising space where tumultuous times are afoot, tremendous opportunity are available and none are for the faint of heart. Thanks for an inspiring article, it's one to re-read when times get tough.

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toddbenshoof — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:56:47 -0000

Mark,

Thanks for taking the time to come out to USC last week. Your perspective and advice was relevant and on point. Looking forward to digging further into your blog.

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msuster — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:18:59 -0000

LOL. Your ears must have been ringing - I was just talking about you twice this week! Hope all is well.

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msuster — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:18:16 -0000

Awesome background and revenue ramp. Judging from your website you shouldn't have a hard time raising vc ;-) Good luck.

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msuster — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:15:28 -0000

Thanks for the feedback, Don.

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ClarkBenson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:14:43 -0000

dammit, Mark, why you postin' so much? i'm 2 weeks behind on TC and after reading your latest barrages now I have to add another must-read to my regular list . . . you as much as anyone know how time stressed your target audience is :)

-Clark Benson

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Ian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:57:22 -0000

Hi ..thank you for your insight..It is a fact that there must be thousands of great ideas missed by investment houses.. ( on the law of probability there must be a few geniuses in the 3 billion poor..!! )

My quest is to find a way for you chaps to more easily discover these hidden ideas .( even in the ones you have rejected...testrat.com is one idea and this led to beta testing ... and the alpha site ..... nearly finished

www.tmi2.testmyidea.com on the fly test ?

There must be a better way than the current waste of time ? ..ian

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andyhunn — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:39:41 -0000

Mark - Have greatly enjoyed this blog since discovering about a month ago.

Have been in the startup game for 16 years in the Virginia market, now have the chance to run my own after learning the game by helping build a few other startups- Digex, Cybertrust, etc - where we exited well for our investors. Your posts ring true to my own experiences, and appreciate your advice as we are now at $5MM in revs after our May '09 launch and looking at a possible venture round.

Thanks a heap.

Andy Hunn
COO
Resonate Networks

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Harry van der Veen — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:46:40 -0000

Your website looks very interesting. I will for sure come back. Bookmarked it. Thanks for the interesting reads until now.

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chrisoleary — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:35:46 -0000

E-mail me your snail mail address (thepainguy@gmail.com) and I'll drop a copy in the mail, in case you get time. It's only 100 pages.

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msuster — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:49:55 -0000

I could try but ... man oh man ... I'm already behind on a million other things. If you send it and I find it engaging I'll read and comment.

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chrisoleary — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:43:35 -0000

I've enjoyed reading over your thoughts and was wondering if you'd be interested in taking a look at, and giving me comments about, a book I recently completed called "Elevator Pitch Essentials." I think it's good, but I'm always looking for ideas about how it could be improved.

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msuster — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:19:22 -0000

I'm guessing you guys are the ones who looked to me like Swoopo? It's so hard in a short demo to really be able to tell the difference. Sorry if it was off base.

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msuster — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:17:02 -0000

Sure, I'd be happy to check it out. Send me a Twitter message @msuster

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Enrique — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:10:20 -0000

Mark,
Great blog! I am actually starting my own web business coming from a Bain backed startup (I also started and ran a small services firm after b-school, but was not my idea). Your advice is really helpful and based on accurate facts - at least compared to what I have experienced. Once I get further along in my alpha site, can I share it with you for feedback?

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Marc Rochman — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:16:43 -0000

Saw your comment on Twitter while launching at TC50. Thanks for the comparison with S*****. Hope that you realize that our model is very different :-) I follow you on twitter. Will enjoy a DM with feedback or an email. marc at rackup.

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Tate Holt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:59:33 -0000

Your Deer Hunter piece is right on the money...

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valto — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:57 -0000

I was looking for that particular comment dialog that we had about type of startups, that finally made me start the startupcommons.org initiative. I would like to check the dialog again and also the correct date, so I could have mentioned when I will blog about the steps that lead to startup commons.

I think it was on the post "Do You Really Even Need VC?". It was sometime early summer, maybe june.

It seems to me that since you have this new blog all of those (had to be hundreds) of comments were left behind. Do you still have that old blog live somewhere?

Please let me know, if you find/restore those comments.

Other than missing comments, I really like your new blog with disqus etc.

As a VC, I think you are doing a really great job sharing your wisdom, with thoughtful posts - really covering both sides :)