Author: Jim Scheinman

Specialization is a new and emerging trend in the early-stage venture market that serves LPs, founders, and certain venture investors well.  At last count, more than 250 “Micro VCs” – typically defined as venture funds under $100M – were flooding the market. Many LPs, founders, and venture investors, including our team at

We’re excited to announce the launch of Sunshine, a company that joined our incubator in April and is releasing its iPhone app in the US today. Here’s why we funded them. The World’s Most Accurate Weather Until now, most people have simply accepted that existing weather forecasts are inaccurate. Rain

I’ve been working in consumer tech for over 20 years, first as an early employee and operator, then starting in 2008 as an angel investor and now a VC. I’ve been fortunate to work with 5 unicorns ($1B+ startups) and have earned a 10x return on the cash I invested

This post is the finale in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the ninth in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the eighth in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the seventh in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the sixth in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful

This post is the fifth in a series of ten posts about the 10 key reasons your consumer startup will succeed. I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of executive summaries and pitches each year. From all this activity, certain patterns emerge that remain consistent with successful