Fitness/life guru Tim Ferriss just posted my guest article on ff Venture Capital’s approach to building a fitness office. (Thanks Tim!) I’ve attached below my original, much more detailed blog post about the details of how we’ve designed our office to help people stay healthy and be as productive as possible. (UPDATE: ff Venture Capital...
[Continue Reading]Private Sector Bandaids, and Making the US Competitive Again
On Monday night I attended a Harvard Business School “Paths Forward” event tied to the March issue of Harvard Business Review, which consists of a wide range of research on How to Increase U.S. Competitiveness. I also contributed a blog post to the HBS Competitiveness website on some initiatives I’m working on personally with ff...
[Continue Reading]ff Venture Capital raises $27 million fund
We are excited to announce that as of November 30, ff Venture Capital closed on a $27 million fund, ff Silver. TechCrunch broke the news and Betabeat also covered it. Our investment philosophy – part of what makes us successful – is our search for sustainable long-term growth areas. Our fund’s strategy is to look...
[Continue Reading]Holiday Video 2011 – The Circle of Startup Life
From all of us at ff Venture Capital: Wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, and a little cheer with our 2011 Holiday Video, a tribute to our startups and partners – The Circle of Startup Life:...
[Continue Reading]Portfolio Company Spotlight: Identified
Job creation is political topic #1, so we have a particular interest in portfolio companies like Identified and TheResumator, which help match employers and job seekers. Identified launched its public beta last month. Effectively, Identified gives you a score for your desirability as an employee. It’s similar in principle to Klout. Identified uses three attributes...
[Continue Reading]Announcing ff Venture Capital fall interns
We’re fortunate to have two rising star interns this fall, Wei Deng and Raffi Sapire, who have already made real contributions to ff Venture Capital. We welcome applications for spring/summer internships. Wei Deng Wei Deng graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School. She practiced corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and...
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