Day Zero Birthday

Although I am not doing anything particularly significant to mark my birthday today, I figured, what better day to officially launch my blog?

As David Beisel wrote, we expect any company to understand who its customers are, which of those customers' problems the company intends to address, and how the company solves that particular problem.

So who are this blog's readers? About what specifically, do I intend to write? And why should anyone care?

Initially, I believe that many readers will include my immediate circle of family, friends, and professional acquaintances. That demographic is for the most part male, born between 1965 - 1980, located in the United States, highly educated and reasonably technology savvy. Most are in business in one form or another, e.g., technology startups, financial services firms.

While I am grateful for the few readers I do have, the people from whom I am most eager to hear include women, those who reside in countries other than the United States, those who were born before 1940, or those who work or have worked professionally in fields as diverse as medicine or the arts. Sharply contrasting perspectives are brain food, in my opinion.

I intend to write about those topics which either occupy most of my waking life, or catch my interest in a significant manner ... significant enough, at least, to warrant the time required for an entry. The first few entries that I wrote in the pre launch or beta phase of this blog should provide some idea of the breadth of these interests. A topic about which I have not yet written, but intend to, is gender issues as they relate to technology and venture capital investing in particular, and life in general. For better or mostly for worse, venture capital ("VC") is a domain dominated by males, mostly Caucasian. Simply because of my gender, I have a distinctive voice.

Finally, there is the So what? I love that question, as it often is the least complicated path to the core. In this case, that is not a question for me to answer. That is for you, the reader. And if you don't care, if what I share on this blog does not move you either negatively or positively, please tell me why. Life is too short to be bored. In my opinion.

Comments

[Diego]

Happy Birthday!