Donors Challenge & the Harlem Renaissance

Giff ConstableUncategorized

In this era of information overload, we get very good at tuning out and in with snap, subconscious judgements.  Sometimes that means valuable things get missed, which is what happened with Fred Wilson’s first post about his Donor’s Choose fundraiser.  When he re-posted about the topic, it registered on my brain, especially when I saw his comment “This is one …

Follow-up to Evernote analysis

Giff ConstableUncategorized

Just a quick follow up: the other week I quickly threw together a model trying to extrapolate Evernote’s cohort churn and premium conversion based on some data shared in NYTimes and TechCrunch articles.  I think the growth/churn estimates were decent, but I found a sneaky bug in the premium conversion method and in re-reviewing the NYTimes article there are some …

A new blog home

Giff ConstableUncategorized

At the start of Electric Sheep, I used to blog prolifically.  That stopped for a while, but I have the bug again — I just enjoy writing too much, and using blogging as a vehicle for thinking through ideas.  I’ve set this up as a new home for my thoughts, which will be a mix of long and short form …