Silence

So, I know I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front lately.  A combination of a crazy schedule, overflooded inbox and an injury have taken their toll.  I have been making my "list of things to blog about when I have time" -- and I hope to have some time next week, so stay tuned.  In the meanwhile, a few small updates on the last month:

• Portfolio company, Mashery, closed their next round of funding from Formative Ventures and Accelerator Group.  Mashery is also currently sponsoring Dealmaker Media's one-day conference, "The Business of APIs".  If your company is doing anything new on the web today, you are probably looking at APIs and Web Services -- and this conference seems like a unique opportunity to learn from several companies who have already launched API distribution programs.
  
  
• Brett Hurt and the Bazaarvoice team also recently announced their most recent round of funding, led by Battery Ventures.  Watching these guys execute has been amazing -- their client list reads like a "who's who" of ecommerce.
  
  
• We also recently led a seed-stage investment in Satisfaction Unlimited.  Satisfaction provides a set of tools that allow companies to crowdsource their support amongst their customers.  They are part online discussion, part FAQ, and part social network. Anyone can ask a question, submit an idea or problem, or just talk.   Love a company?  Hate a company?  Get some Satisfaction here...
  
  
• One of our (west-coast) portfolio companies, is actively (urgently) seeking an IT/Operations person (either full-time or contractor).  They are looking for someone with expertise in (1) running a 99.99% uptime high traffic consumer site, (2) colocation management and bandwidth provisioning, and (3) Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Java and MySQL.  If you know of anyone, please let me know...
  
  
• I broke my shoulder a few weeks ago.  In order to spare myself the "Groundhog's Day" experience of repeating the same conversation 20+ times a day, I decided to put the footage of the injury on Youtube...

Comments

[howard lindzon]

ballsy.

I shed a tear.

[howard lindzon]

ballsy.

I shed a tear.

[Jay]

Hopefully this is a sign to stay on the ground.

[Tim Norton]

That looks very cool, but a pretty big fall there, probably worth the risk!

[Kyle Stewart]

Wow. I was totally sold on the indoor skydiving until the breaking shoulder part. It seemed like you landed on netting, is that right? And that still broke your shoulder.

[Oliver Picher]

Ouch. I had a similar experience with indoor skydiving in Las Vegas, probably at the same place. I didn't break anything, but I remember shooting right across the slipstream and slamming into the far wall at an awkward angle. Took most of the fun out of it.

Hope you're on the mend.

[Michael Nash]

I thought what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? I have some shoulder pads for anyone in need.

[Ethan Bauley]

Sorry about the injury, but that was one of the funniest videos I've seen in a LONG time!

[I'd never heard of indoor skydiving, so maybe that had something to do with it...]

puffy clothes + floating in midair + van halen = hilarious!