For those few brave souls who check my blog daily and have been wondering where I’ve been… No, I’ve not been away on a surfari (I wish). I’ve simply been more buried than usual on the work front, but all of the work being VERY GOOD. Not to fear, I’ve had a fair amount of “in between time” to think through a few things so stay tuned for a more meaningful post.
Congratulations Team MDC!!! I continue to be amazed at the crew over at My Damn Channel. They continue to prove that they are a runaway success on the Internet and are currently nominated and/or honored by 7 different Webby Awards despite there being over 10,000 entries from 60 countries. For those of you “not in the know”, the Webby Awards are the Internet’s version of the Oscars and are a very big deal in terms of validating the “coolness” of content.
- Wainy Days (best comedy series)
- Big Fat Brain/You Suck at Photoshop (best how to series)
- Harry Shearer – Waterboardin’
- Harry Shearer – Found Objects – Katie Couric (#1) (Honoree for Best Viral Video)
You can check out some news coverage on My Damn Channel’s nominations over at People.
Go to Online Film & Video
Find COMEDY LONG FORM OR SERIES (& vote for WAINY DAYS or You Suck At Photoshop)
Find MUSIC (& vote for HARRY SHEARER)
Find HOW-TO/DIY (& vote for You Suck At Photoshop)
I’ve been spending a fair amount of my time these days working through exit scenarios and mechanisms for a couple of reasons so I thought I’d write a quick blurb on my thoughts. First, for the uninitiated, most (if not all) VCs invest for one simple reason: “The Exit”. “The Exit” is the euphemism given to the event wherein the investors are able to sell their shares of a particular company for money and, if done correctly, a lot of it (a.k.a. a liquidity event). While it is certainly nice to think that we are creating companies of great value that are changing the world and creating new jobs, the reality is that those are merely a means to an end. Simply put, we are in business to make money…period. Second, to the extent humans acquire knowledge of a subject matter through authority (i.e., experts, school, state, church, etc.) and/or experience, there is an upcoming opportunity to obtain such insight. The Orange County Venture Group (”OCVG”) is holding an event 7-9am on April 15th at the Westin South Coast Plaza that is essentially a case study on the Entropic [NASD: ENTR] IPO that is worth checking out. You can learn more about the event and register to attend here. Finally, it never ceases to amaze me just how much all capital markets (public AND private) seem to be driven by two simple emotions: Greed and Fear. Never is this fact more apparent than in the middle of an exit. Hope to see you on the 15th.
A lot of you have contacted me asking about the progress of my shoulder, if you’re not one of them you can stop reading now as this post is just about my shoulder.
I suffered a level 3 AC separation of my right shoulder (see pictures below from the “slopeside ER”) on February 8th and was told the injury is one of “3s”. Specifically, 3 days before the pain becomes tolerable, 3 weeks before I can start to use that arm, and 3 months before I return to any sense of normalcy. Well, I’m happy to report that I’m ahead of schedule. I went to physical therapy for a few weeks until they “released me” to proceed on my own with the exercises they gave me to do at home. The swelling has completely gone down now such that my clavicle is significantly more pronounced, but I’m able to work through the shoulder exercises daily and have even begun to swim again (albeit, MUCH shorter distances and at a MUCH slower pace). My goal is to be back on my surfboard in time for the warmer water this summer. Until then, aloha.
