Dear Betaworks,
Stuart Ellman Thank you, it has been a long wait. About two years ago two of my old friends from college, John Borthwick and Andy Weissman, came to my office. They wanted to start a company (or fund?) called Betaworks. The concept was fuzzy. It was alternately described as an incubato

Office Hours Recap
Eric Wiesen Earlier this week, Stuart Ellman, Jim Robinson, Will Porteous and I held the first RRE Office Hours. For two hours we met with sixteen entrepreneurs to hear short-form pitches, offer advice or answer questions. I ho

Where are the fundings?
Eric Wiesen An interesting chart of where VC fundings took place in Q3 2009. It comes as no surprise that Silicon Valley (359 deals) leads the pack, but I’m unsurprisingly interested in New York’s performance. The chart lists NYC as responsible for 113 investments, roughly 1/3 as many. Yet in the “lies, damn lies and statistics” vein, I’m curious to note that “Midwest”, “Southeast” and “Northwest” are all single

An iPhone Mea Culpa
Eric Wiesen When the iPhone was released a couple of years ago, people lined up for a day or more to be the first one on their block to buy one. I wasn’t one of them. When the first of my friends started walking around with them, I tried the device out and liked elements of the interface, but was generally unimpressed with the speed, the typing experience and the battery life. I remember remarking to

RRE Office Hours
William Peng While I am relatively new to the New York Tech Community, I have been blown away by its quality and vibrance. The Shake Shack event, NYC Demo Day, the NextNY community, the New York Tech Meetup, Hatchery, and many other meetups are evidence that the land of fast walkers and 15-minute l