Why It's Good to Be Transactional

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 11/28 10:41P Charlie O'Donnell

When people describe what they hate about networking, they often use the word “transactional” in a negative way. No one likes to sell or be sold anything—or to be only valued for your ability to...

It's time to leave Twitter.

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 11/27 3:20A Charlie O'Donnell

Two weeks ago, I opened X/Twitter and got pushed an ad for an anti-trans movie produced by PragerU and that was my final straw with this cesspool. I immediately requested my Twitter archive of over...

Level Setting and Career Goals for VCs: What level are Midas List VCs actually performing on?

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 11/15 11:30P Charlie O'Donnell

I find level setting to be one of the most difficult things to do around any task or skill. Just how good is good? What are the best people accomplishing? How do you measure it? It comes up a lot with...

The Advantage of Having Venture Backed Friends

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 11/3 3:07A Charlie O'Donnell

I’ve made over 100 investments in my career and nearly half of those went into diverse teams. I’ll be the first to back up the notion that diverse founders have just as much ambition, drive,...

Questioning War

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 10/20 8:30A Charlie O'Donnell

“Israelis & Palestinians do not deserve the consequences of evil forces that drive those who make decisions, profit from conflict, and push hateful rhetoric that make people lose their consciousness.”...

Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week

A VC : Venture Capital and Technology 10/11 11:21P Fred Wilson

NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours . There are over 100 VC investors signed up to participate...

What Plinko Can Tell Us About Where to Post

Thisisgoingtobebig.com 9/22 8:22A Charlie O'Donnell

A lot of people ask me what I think of posting to Twitter these days… (I’ll start calling it X as soon as I learn to stop saying Battery Tunnel and Triborough Bridge). My general take is that it’s far...