pflint - Latest Comments

Re: Join Polaris Venture Partners as a Senior Associate in Dogpatch Labs NY

David Henderson — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:30:50 -0000

Yeah, but can he play guitar?

I know he can!

Congrats Pete!

Re: JIBE launches the first Employment Networking Platform

Uvisor Perfect-Careers — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:34:25 -0000

What about Uvisor? http://www.uvisor.com

Re: I want my MTV on Apple TV

jeremystein — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:52:16 -0000

I don't think the cable networks should really fear the apple tv or gaming consoles.

The web is largely about human behavior. It was really easy to say that video was going to be a big thing 10 years ago, but it was youtube that discovered people wanted to watch short clips on break at work.

I don't think there is anything out there that can compete with the experience that cable currently provides (bundling, the guide function which might be one of the best discovery tools in existence, etc).

Re: I want my MTV on Apple TV

pflint — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:11:32 -0000

Jeremy I agree with you that with 20m homes msft is a viable threat to cable. I wonder when the cable nets will feel the same way? thanks

Re: I want my MTV on Apple TV

jeremystein — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:00:08 -0000

i actually think msft is in a much better position here. theyve sold nearly 20m xbox units. id bet programming shows up on gaming consoles before the apple tv

Re: Mobile delivery of deals

Camille Gaines — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:02:54 -0000

As founder of Financialwoman.com, I love that these applications help women be smart and conscious spenders. Thanks for the read Peter.

Re: Join Polaris Venture Partners as a Senior Associate in Dogpatch Labs NY

John Moore — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:14:57 -0000

Hmmm, I wouldn't mind working with Peter Flint - you are a good man!

Re: Join Polaris Venture Partners as a Senior Associate in Dogpatch Labs NY

Ed Barrientos — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:29:05 -0000

Although I am not applying for the position, I would love for you to consider opening up a dogpatch labs in the Washington, DC area. There is plenty of entrepreneurial activity in this region. Love you guys are doing!

Re: Recruiting High Impact Employees

Beth Zimmer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:13:52 -0000

Good tips! We always require that our candidates provide references from their most recent bosses, subordinates, internal and external customers.

Re: Working with Executive Recruiters

Brads — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:42:07 -0000

Peter ... your comments are right on...and while I have spent the last 20+ years as a retained executive search consultant I a can also point to the success of this process. Today's technology is attractive, yet cannot replace the "trained" eye and the educated assessor. It's about the fit, the possibilities and the match. It's not about the identification of candidates. That is the easy part.

Re: Introducing Stickybits

Ryan Matzner — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:10:53 -0000

Stickybits is a great app. One annoying this is how small they are. It's hard to make them stand out in a room when they're only 2 inches wide. To solve that problem, I created the world's largest Bit (an individual Stickybits barcode). It's 8ft x 6ft. There's also a .psd template to make your own. Enjoy!

http://www.bluefountainmedia.c...

Re: Kairos Society

Viktor Ovurmind — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:35:09 -0000

Enjoyed learning about Ankur Jain including http://www.naveenjain.com/ his dad. To move from the chronos of the industrial age to the kairos of the intelligence age requires a greater diversity of minds. Developing young minds is a core essential part of development for the emergent economy of this kairos age.

[v.o.M.]

Re: Kairos Society

Alexander Debelov — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:27:26 -0000

Dear Peter,
It was a pleasure having you join us at the Kairos Society Summit this year and it was an honor being a moderator at your break out session.If you haven't already, then you should check out the CNN clip on the Summit this weekend:

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/...

Also, when you get an opportunity, please take a look at the e-tower (entrepreneurship tower) that I mentioned, www.etower.org.

All the best,
Alexander Debelov

Re: JIBE launches the first Employment Networking Platform

Dubai Jobs — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:08:31 -0000

Absolutely one of the most helpful site today. The the ratio of unemployment had increase and this means that a lot of people today have no job. Keep it up!

Re: NYC Seed Start Summer 2010 Program Update

AdamBlack — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:41:32 -0000

I think this is a great program, there is far to little seed funding out there and as founder of Keywifi.com I have discovered many great ideas that never get off the ground because their founders had no initial support. Keep it up seed funders we need you.

Please visit Keywifi.com unlocking hot spots near you.

Re: NYC Seed Start Summer 2010 Program Update

pflint — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:27:04 -0000

They should be going out shortly

Re: NYC Seed Start Summer 2010 Program Update

guest — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:20:14 -0000

any word on when you guys are going to send out acceptance/rejection emails?

Re: Introducing Stickybits

Durjoy (Ace) Bhatt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:11 -0000

Just ordered some stickers from Amazon-- look forward to playing with it.

Re: Introducing Stickybits

pflint — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:57 -0000

We agree and other platforms are on the roadmap

Re: Introducing Stickybits

Tomas — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:51 -0000

Great idea - needs to be expanded to more platforms (such as Blackberry and WebOS).

Re: Recruiting High Impact Employees

pflint — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:40:03 -0000

Totally agree! The money and opportunity lost is sometimes as great than the potential short term gains by hiring the wrong person. And bad reference checking never gives you the real data.
Thanks for you comment

Re: Recruiting High Impact Employees

jkaljundi — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:33:34 -0000

Amen. Quite often the subordinates are much more helpful than bosses, but a good 360 view is always the best. This can save startups hundreds of thousands, and earn millions. Learned it the hard way over last 15+ years. Of course reference checking usually mostly helps if the new job is pretty similar, although you do learn many personality traits.

Recruiting advise is one of the key things for VC's to help their startups with.

Re: eReader vs the real thing?

davidkpark — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:53:38 -0000

Here's a nice article discussing the future of publishing. Publishing: The Revolutionary Future - The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/9Mg7aj

Re: eReader vs the real thing?

davidkpark — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:10:46 -0000

We are in a transitional period where reading via an iPad or physical books will be more complementary than competing. I, just like Jon, we'll be doing both. An interesting question is when the child is exposed to both, will she want the iPad or physical version of the book, especially if the iPad version has a few bells and whistles?

Re: Entrepreneur DNA

davidkpark — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:47:05 -0000

I couldn't agree more with both you and Fred about the nature vs nurture debate regarding entrepreneurs. I think 3 out of the 4 traits you highlight really separates potential successful vs unsuccessful entrepreneurs. The "ability to accept risk without the big safety net" is a trait that probably does a better separating the entrepreneur vs non-entrepreneur.