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June 7, 2010

Why I Sold Zappos

Tony Hsieh tells his tale. Of course, his humble version is of evil VCs forcing the hand of the handsome founder with an amazing (and still unproven) vision. Reminds me of Philip Greenspun’s one-sided tales of ArsDigita post collapse. Second bubble, same as the first.

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September 7, 2009

So *that*’s why they needed the VC funding…

So *that*’s why they needed the VC funding…

Foursquare has dropped the "play" and is now at foursquare.com.

Man, this is just like when Twttr.com bought the vowels!

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February 19, 2008

Venture Capital Wear

T-shirts for VCs. “Not Even Powerpoint Can Save You Now”

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This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.