Sidebar - Ground Rules

I learned a lot at Intel and one of the more innocuous things I learned is to establish ground rules before engaging others in open communication in a public forum – especially if one (or more) of the topics presents possible differing viewpoints – so let me attempt to establish some basic ground rules for this blog as it is clearly “open communication in a public forum”.

Rule #1: I want to reiterate that I am and will be sharing my personal perspectives on a variety of topics in my capacity as a human being and citizen of Orange County, CA, USA…and only in this capacity will I communicate on this blog.  If you want my professional opinion, this isn’t the place but I’m easy enough to find.

Rule #2: This is simply my personal blog and nothing more. If you want in-depth reporting on the VC industry, subscribe to the Venture Capital Journal or one of the other seemingly endless publications on the subject matter. Similarly, if you’re looking for local start-up company analysis, best go elsewhere as I won’t go there here for a number of reasons.

Rule #3: With this post, I’m hereby introducing the concept of a “sidebar” wherein I’ll either establish one or more points (e.g. these rules), digress to clarify and/or correct a previous post (rather than re-posting), or to introduce a random thought or two out of out of place on OC VC.

Rule #4: I’m bloggin’ simply to have some fun (yeah, I’m a bit geeky), learn a few things along the way, share my thoughts on a few topical items, and to see if we all can’t stimulate the OC VC ecosystem in some meaningful way through our social interaction on-line (even if the only result is an increase in blogs about VC in OC or similar matters). Now, back to your regularly scheduled program…