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My Reminiscences of the 1987 Market Crash

In All Posts on 30 October 2008 with no comments

With the recent passing of the 21st anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash (Monday, October 19, 1987) and all the turmoil in the markets over the past few months, I thought I’d share an interesting personal story about events around the 1987 crash. I had been working in the securities industry for about four [...]

It’s Never Over Until It’s Over

In All Posts on 3 October 2008 tagged baseball, basketball, Chicago Cubs, comebacks, life event, St. Bonaventure with 19 comments

October 3, 2008 – My wife Amy and I were on-hand at the Cubs – Dodgers game last night to watch the Cubs lose their second straight game, this time 10-3, putting them deep in the hole in the best of five National League Divisional Series series. Statistically, the Cubs may be a lost cause, [...]

Launch Day

In All Posts on 12 September 2008 with Comments Off

September 9, 2008 – We launched LifeSnapz today thanks to herculean development efforts by Geoff, Scott, Trevor and Zach! The launch was in the DemoPit at the TechCrunch50 conference, which is being held at the San Francisco Design Center. The conference is well attended by over 1,500 people. Unfortunately, there has been virtually no Internet access [...]

Two Days to Public Launch

In All Posts on 7 September 2008 with Comments Off

September 7, 2008 – T minus two days to launch. I am on a flight to San Francisco with Bob Armour, our CMO and VP Business Development, for the TechCrunch50 conference. We are in the DemoPit at TC50 on Tuesday where we will open LifeSnapz.com to the public. It has been a manic time getting [...]

Ripping Out Our Guts

In All Posts on 5 September 2008 with Comments Off

April 17, 2008 – After a week of discussions, Geoff, Scott and I have decided to rip out the guts of our permission system and go down a different path. It wasn’t an easy decision given the long hours that we (a.k.a. Geoff) spent building it. It works great. Events can be shared with multiple [...]

A Big Step – Fund Raising

In All Posts on 1 September 2008 with Comments Off

December 19, 2007 – We closed on a $3 million Series A financing today with Apex Venture Partners and Trident Capital. We weren’t out looking to raise money, but things worked out and here we are, with money in the bank and solid investor support behind us to build a great company. So how did [...]

The Genesis of LifeSnapz

In All Posts on 28 August 2008 with Comments Off

January 19, 2007 – I have a lousy memory when it comes to things that happened in my life. Sure, I remember all the big events with clarity. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things that I’ve done that are meaningful to me but the details are allusive without a bit of digging into the [...]