We would like to wish you Happy Holidays from ff Venture Capital! This video gives you a sense of our “fitness office” during the holidays. If you are not familiar with photography memes like “ff-ing”, you might want to look at some related memes: planking, batmanning, and owling. There’s also a few shots of my...
[Continue Reading]Free Video: How to Hack Your MBA
Evisors just posted the video from my recent webinar on “How to Hack Your MBA”. Since 1992, I’ve been working on a book tentatively titled “Hack your Education: How to Squeeze Maximum Value from College or Graduate School”. I’ve posted on my site the expanded slides from the webinar and a draft of the book....
[Continue Reading]Never Leave the Playground
If you’re interested in being both physically and mentally fit — regardless of your age — you have to watch this 71-year-old. I definitely share his philosophy that you should “Never Leave the Playground.” I can comfortably guarantee that he can do some tricks that you (and definitely I) cannot do....
[Continue Reading]ff Venture Capital profiled in Creative Workspaces Magazine
ff Venture Capital was recently profiled in The Roger, an online magazine that profiles creative workspaces. The feature, titled “Fitness Financed: Motion, Margin, Risk & Reward,” offers an inside look into ff VC’s 5,000 square-foot “fitness office”. The twelve-page spread has beautiful photos of some of our “healthy office” practices, including Pilates balls to replace traditional chairs,...
[Continue Reading]Surprise gift for your spouse or partner
As part of joining ff, I’ve moved as much of my personal technology stack over to our portfolio companies as possible. I switched from Phonetag.com to Phone.com for managing my personal telephony. One of the useful features of Phone.com is that I can customize an unlimited number of voicemail messages for each person who...
[Continue Reading]An Investor’s Guide to Getting Married This Year
HBO is now producing TV shows about sleazy VC dating habits, and the New York Times, clearly responding to the internet’s desire for quality journalism, just ran a piece on Silicon Valley’s most eligible bachelors (although 3 are already paired up, according to Betabeat). Given how the tech ecosystem is becoming the new Hollywood,...
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