Algorithmic Lock In Effects

I view companies and entrepreneurs through my own lens, and have been developing my investment thesis for some time. Recently I have been thinking more about the software (vs. the …
Eric Friedman March 7, 2018
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Focus

Coming to the end of the last year with so many meetings, I wanted to make focus one of my themes for 2018. One easy way to do this is to …
Eric Friedman January 5, 2018
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Must Go Faster

The only startup analogy I like to make is to the real life Tyrannosaurus Rex – a giant carnivore, awesomely represented in Jurassic Park running after Jeff Goldblum and co. In …
Eric Friedman January 3, 2018
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The MBA Is Dead! (Long Live the MBA!)

(A huge thanks to my friend and the founder and CEO of Andie –  Melanie Travis who prompted me to finally write up my thoughts on this topic and was nice enough to …
Eric Friedman November 13, 2017
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On Being Positive

At the beginning of last year I jokingly said that one of my resolutions was to try to always be positive with startups I hear about. Fast forward to a …
Eric Friedman September 18, 2017
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Expa Labs   2017 Companies

We started Expa Labs to help founders build and ship new ideas. By providing fundamental help in starting and structuring their company, providing office space, funding, and advising, we take …
Eric Friedman June 26, 2017
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Coachability

Let’s get the fun part out of the way: the word coachability auto corrects to “coach ability” or “coach-ability” but I like it combined so I am running with it. …
Eric Friedman March 15, 2017
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