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Everybody Close Your Eyes 23 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Yesterday I had breakfast with one of our investors who I’ve known for a long time. He had read my blog recently and was really excited about the future we are crafting at Wildcard. I thanked him fo...
Visualizing the seat you want 12 Aug 2013 | 06:07 am
Friday night I had dinner with close friends who were in town after a few months on the road. While we were waiting for dinner to be served, the subject of Wildcard came up. After explaining what we a...
UX Design is on my Mind 8 Aug 2013 | 03:09 am
We have a really special group of people working on Wildcard. We all think in slightly different languages (engineering, strategy, etc), we all have different capabilities, everyone owns something he...
What is Wildcard? 6 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Today we are stepping out a little bit. As of today the project that began as Coopkanics, Inc. back in January is graduating to a real name and identity. Our company is now called Wildcard. A wildcard...
Bootstrapping to an A round isn’t all roses 17 Jul 2013 | 04:59 am
There is a common adage amongst startup veterans that goes something like “bootstrap as long as possible before taking venture capital.” The thinking behind this approach is that the early days of de...
$3 Million Buckaroos 16 Jul 2013 | 01:38 am
So Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine sent me a nice note this morning that he observed a Form D filing related to our new company Coopkanics, Inc. While I wasn’t planning to disclose it this way, it is...
Thoughts on youth from a train 8 Jul 2013 | 02:59 am
This is the first time in my life where I don’t consider myself part of “the youth.” I walk down the beach and see groups of twenty something’s and rather than peers I view them as what I once was. ...
Someone build this: Uber for Cash $ 14 Jun 2013 | 01:18 am
I have been walking around without cash in my pocket for 24 hours. As I walked to lunch today, I realized that the restaurant I was going to was CASH ONLY. I made a pit stop at a local deli, where I...
Someone build this: Uber for Cash $ 14 Jun 2013 | 01:18 am
I have been walking around without cash in my pocket for 24 hours. As I walked to lunch today, I realized that the restaurant I was going to was CASH ONLY. I made a pit stop at a local deli, where I...
In response to @aweissman on “interestingness” 30 May 2013 | 12:36 am
My friend Andy Weissman wrote a post today entitled “Interestingness.” Despite voicing a very different perspective than my own on the subject, it’s one of my favorite blog posts of the year, and you...
