Tim Wolters's Comments

Beyond Dante : pogoplug

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:59:38 +0000

Daniel, thanks for the thoughtful response regarding security. Good luck with the business and looking forward to the magical file/folder sync capabilities!

Beyond Dante : Real Example of the Power of Social Media

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:05:46 +0000

I think being in reactive mode is sometimes the right thing to do. Once the cat is out of the bag you can't really put it back in, but there is power in naming it and moving forward. The big thing to watch for is when momentum continues to gain. If it's a small number of people with a pre-meditated agenda the momentum will not sustain itself and it is likely ok, even preferable to keep the ad up. Sustained momentum nearly always requires some sort of engagement. Not engaging in the community evokes the perception of uncaring. A vocal community is indeed a baseline. A baseline is simply something to measure change against.

Feld Thoughts : Mount Desert Island Marathon

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:25:08 +0000

but did you get the beer?!

Feld Thoughts : Gloom and Doom - or Capital Efficiency

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:25:58 +0000

Brad, good post. Curious about what you think about the leaked Sequoia "RIP Goodtimes" deck posted this morning on Venture Beat http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/10/the-sequoia-rip... It certainly underscores the need for capital efficiency and certainly the web 2.0 business building recommendations in O'Reilly's Web 2.0 Strategy Guide. But from a VC perspective what is the overall impact? Slide 44 titled, "New Realities" has the following bullets: o $15M raise @ $100M post is gone o series B/C will be smaller raises o customer uptake will be slower o cuts are a must o need to become cash flow positive I know you said in a previous post that your portfolio companies didn't vary on revenue expectations outside the norm for Q3, and may have had more companies that exceeded, It would be interesting to post a response from your perspective on the "RIP" post.

Beyond Dante : Orange Rhyming Birthday

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:03:40 +0000

I should have. Trying to get together with Aimee in NYC this week.

Beyond Dante : NYC show of force

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:27:08 +0000

yes, I'm sure you're right. I've been coming to NYC every couple of weeks for the last two years and haven't actually seen it though, so was interesting, coming from Boulder Colorado where our biggest "show of force" is home games at CU where the marching band parades through town on Friday before home football games...

TechStars Blog : Socialthing acquired by AOL

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:07:32 +0000

Living the dream! congrats socialthing and to the techstar vision of finding, promoting, and fostering new ideas and entrepreneurs

Beyond Dante : Where am I?

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:56:14 +0000

bingo!

Beyond Dante : Where am I?

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:43:25 +0000

c'mon let's be more specific. Yes I'm in NYC, but where?

Feld Thoughts : TrainingPeaks is My New Running Software

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:26:20 +0000

will do. It's been about a year since I've used, but jesus it was painful. I LOVE intense debate though :)

Feld Thoughts : TrainingPeaks is My New Running Software

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:39:46 +0000

wow, I absolutely hate training peaks. At one point I started building out my own training tracking software. The analytics are abysmal.

Feld Thoughts : When I Say Theme, What Do I Meme?

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:29:27 +0000

funny. A company called MindElectric was purchased by webMethods at the same time they purchased my last company (Dante Software). Mind Electric had a product named "Glue" that was probably THE best web services infrastructure I've ever used.

Feld Thoughts : Our Investment In Memeo

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:40:50 +0000

Have been using memeo on an XP box and my MacBook Pro for about a year. The interface has gotten a lot better for XP. I haven't tried the new Mac software yet, and have just been using an rsync script. This is all connected to a Buffalo LinkStation box that I've been very happy with for cheap NAS.