About

I started this blog when I was 27, from the depths of my first startup (which failed). I used it as a medium to organize my own thoughts and experience. It was also a platform to amplify my voice, recruit, share market insights, share experiences, find community, find support, etc…it has been a spectacular part of my profesional and personal endeavors. That was 3 years ago. Since then I built Hyperpublic, teamed up w Kenny and Ben as a partner in Lerer Ventures, sold Hyperpublic to Groupon (GRPN), invested in almost 120 companies, and as of late, I am working on a new startup. For now, we’ll call it Newco.

I write about my experiences and try to share the ride on this blog. Some links below for background:

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Here’s my last company: http://hyperpublic.com/ (acq by GRPN)

Here’s my seed fund: http://lererventures.com/

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Impact is key. A century ago Teddy R. had a few words to say on the same topic:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

the full speech can be found at http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/research/speech%20arena.htm

abel
January 12, 2010