Skip to content

Eric Friedman

  • Home
  • Fractional COO & Coaching
  • About
May 23, 2022 by Eric Friedman

Tools I use: Krisp.ai

Background noise is a pain. Dogs barking. Babies crying. Leaf blowers war on leaves in the burbs. Cars in the city. You name it, and I have had it going in the background. This was all until I found a tool called Krisp that kills background noise. Yes, seriously. The truth is here that you …
READ MORE
photo of a turtle swimming underwater

Building Conviction When Startup Investing

May 12, 2022 by Eric Friedman

I wanted to start sharing some of my investing thesis, how I make investments, and more importantly WHY I make them. I shared the following on Twitter recently and wanted to include in my blog here. 1/ I wanted to start sharing the WHY behind investments I have made and how I built conviction. I …

Continue Reading
Tags: Angel Investing, Conviction
typography, calendar

Tools I use: Vimcal

March 27, 2022 by Eric Friedman

I tweeted out the other day after being sick of dealing with calendar back and forth planning about what tools people use. To my delight someone recommended Vimcal and I have been hooked ever since. The beauty of this tool is that you can grab open days and times AND share a bookable link. It …

Continue Reading
Tags: Tools I Use, Vimcal
person on top of a hill

Pro Tips When Starting Up

January 23, 2022 by Eric Friedman

I finalized my notes for the ODX Accelerator program, the early stage accelerator I am building at On Deck, and I wanted to summarize here. I love the start of programs, when teams are excited – all at the earliest stages of company creation. Running accelerator programs, investing in startups, and working directly with founders …

Continue Reading

2022 Predictions

December 28, 2021 by Eric Friedman

Another trip around the sun is coming to a close for planet earth, and for the last few years I have been making predictions and holding myself accountable to them. Let’s do it again and dive right in. A fun update for this year has been moving my predictions to a google sheet for public …

Continue Reading
Tags: Predictions, Predictions 2022

Its time to experiment

December 8, 2021 by Eric Friedman

We are experiencing a renaissance of builders, explorers, and experimenters within web3. The amount of incredible people gravitating towards this space is incredible to watch. Inspired by the Marc Andreesen post Its Time To Build my friend and long time collaborator and investing partner Naveen and I launched something to encourage people even more. We …

Continue Reading
Tags: cachemoney.xyz, crypto grants, web3 grants

The Psychology Of Money & Me

July 14, 2022 by Eric Friedman

I read and loved the book The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and it had a profound impact on me. For those who have been around me recently know that I have adopted and paraphrased a mantra from the book: There is a difference between being wealth and being rich. Being wealthy is doing …

Continue Reading

Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

August 18, 2021 by Eric Friedman

I have known Dan for a decade through the NYC tech ecosystem. I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Below is the …

Continue Reading
Tags: Building The Machine Podcast, Dan Kimlering, Deciens Capital, Eric Friedman

Micro-wins-as-a-Service & North Star Metrics (Onaroll.co)

June 22, 2021 by Eric Friedman

I am a big fan of celebrating your wins. I often highlight “micro wins” with executive coaching clients as moments worth celebrating. I also love figuring out where a founder is going and what their north star metric could be, both now and in the future. In the fast paced world of startups, leveling the …

Continue Reading
Tags: Micro Wins, North Star Metrics, Onaroll.co
water drop

A.T.S.L. (Always Take Some Liquidity)

May 6, 2021 by Eric Friedman

I learned a valuable and expensive lesson about taking liquidity when the offer arises, or rather NOT doing so in my case. Earlier in my career I had the chance to sell some stock and take some liquidity and I passed. I was so preoccupied with the companies potential energy, that I didn’t think to …

Continue Reading
Tags: Liquidity, VC

More Fire Phones, Less Fyre Fests

April 25, 2021 by Eric Friedman

Jeff Bezos notoriously launched the Fire Phone around 2014 to much attention – I think most agree that it was a spectacular failure. But was it really? This project was a $170M write-off for the company. There was the hardware, software, and marketing costs. Not to mention the person toll on the people. I bit …

Continue Reading
Tags: Big Swings, Fire Phone, Fyre Fest

Posts navigation

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 98
  • Next

Search

Subscribed to my email newsletter

Recent Posts

  • Tools I use: Krisp.ai
  • Building Conviction When Startup Investing
  • Tools I use: Vimcal
  • Pro Tips When Starting Up
  • 2022 Predictions

Top Posts

  • Aberrant Geniuses (aka jerks)
    Aberrant Geniuses (aka jerks)
  • 3 Wide 3 Deep
    3 Wide 3 Deep
  • Price, Quality, Time - Choose Two
    Price, Quality, Time - Choose Two
  • Must Go Faster
    Must Go Faster
  • Small Things, Big Effects
    Small Things, Big Effects
  • Micro-wins-as-a-Service & North Star Metrics (Onaroll.co)
    Micro-wins-as-a-Service & North Star Metrics (Onaroll.co)
  • Building Conviction When Startup Investing
    Building Conviction When Startup Investing

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Projects

  • Building The Machine
  • DoBlu.com
  • Eat.ly
  • Multiplayergames.com
Thoughts from Eric Friedman