David Semeria

"In case you were wondering who "liked" this comment :)" - David Semeria

"The main thing I like about Chrome is how it just keeps out of the way and gives as much real estate as possible to the web page. I also like the way new tabs are opened next to the tab that spawned them, and the fact that you can easily re-arrange the tabs by dragging them. Apart from the lack of plugins, the biggest pain is not always being able to recover a whole set of tabs between sessions." - David Semeria

"Nice post Mark. Generally, when I have moments like this I just check my bank account online, and that generally does the trick!" - David Semeria

hahaha! - Mark Essel

"Thanks for the shout Mark :) In the future, users will have a lot more control over what they see, and how it's laid out. The idea isn't at all radical - just think about Microsoft Excel, for example. One of the most interesting upshots of user-controlled layouts is wondering where the banner ads will go....." - David Semeria

"If I were you, I'd make the width of the area reserved for comments much wider. With your current width, as soon as you get beyond a a couple of levels of nesting, further comments will end up looking like this" - David Semeria

"Great comment, Terry. You captured the essence of the innovator's state of mind. The key question, I believe, is what separates the winners from the losers; the penny artists from the Picassos? It can't be just talent, because I've seen some amazing (penniless) street artists. I don't know the answer. But I hope it's more than just luck. Oh, and I agree - writing endless blog comments is an unlikely path to success :)" - David Semeria

"I remember seeing a similar opportunity when mobile phones first came out in Italy. They were priced for business, but the real money was with consumers. Trust me, Italians like to talk. Result: 15 bagger in 5 years." - David Semeria

"Well, only half in jest. Never say never. What if the government were, for example, to give first-time entrepreneurs a 10 year no-holds-barred tax break so as to stimulate the economy and get the unemployment rate down? Bubbles always have a root cause of irrationality, somewhere...." - David Semeria

"The same is true of employment. My college buddy went into accountancy because he heard there was a shortage of accountants, but by the time he'd qualified there was glut. About four years' ago he jumped on the sub-prime bandwagon (and we all know what happened there). If he tells me he's going to become an entrepreneur, I'm outta here!" - David Semeria

"A master of language, like Churchill, would never have said that! How can a chap fit in a teleprompter :)" - David Semeria

"I think there are two approaches that work in the venture business. One is the contrarian approach. When everyone wants to be a consumer web investor, do software as a service/enterprise. Go where the money isn't. Contrarian can work in the public markets, where lack of attention generally translates into lower multiples, and can hence create value opportunities. In early stage tech, defining your investments *solely* on the basis that nobody else is interested seems a bit irrational. Or you can just be earlier than everyone and anticipate where the herd is going to be next. That is really hard, maybe too hard to do well over a sustained period of time. This second one is really a refinement of the contrarian approach. Not only are you on your own, you're also there first. Personally, I think this is where the great investments come from." - David Semeria

"The pioneers got the land and the second guys got the mineral rights. I don't know if you get bored with the accolades, JLM (I know I wouldn't) but chalk another one up." - David Semeria