Collaborative Team

There is a subtle but very important distinction between venture capital “subsidizing” a service-oriented business, and a service-oriented business that…

Let’s PlayAlong!

by Collaborative Team — Apr 16, 2014

We like to experiment at Collaborative Fund.

This Week in Collaborative Fund

by Collaborative Team — Feb 19, 2014

Our weekly update highlighting new products and jobs in our portfolio.

What Is Citizenship On The Internet?

by Collaborative Team — Feb 18, 2014

Lately, crowdsourcing is almost a dirty word.

Making Sense Of Connected Devices

by Collaborative Team — Feb 7, 2014

There are a number of ways to connect hardware to the internet.

Stop, Get Out, Unplug…And Notice

by Collaborative Team — Feb 6, 2014

Great product design starts with understanding context, behavior, and motivation.

How Do You Stay Relevant When Your Job Is Obsolete?

by Collaborative Team — Jan 31, 2014

If you search your memory (aka the web for some of us) for careers that don’t exist anymore you’ll end…

Why does eBay still use seller ratings?

by Collaborative Team — Jan 27, 2014

On peer-to-peer platforms, trust and safety is of paramount importance.

This Week in Collaborative Fund

by Collaborative Team — Jan 25, 2014

Our weekly update highlighting new products and jobs in our portfolio.

Change Culture By Making Big Bets

by Collaborative Team — Jan 21, 2014

It is instructive, when thinking about venture capital, to consider a venture firm as a two-sided marketplace.

This Week in Collaborative Fund

by Collaborative Team — Jan 17, 2014

Our weekly update highlighting new products and jobs in our portfolio.

How Quarterly Became A Platform For Empowering Creative Entrepreneurs

by Collaborative Team — Jan 16, 2014

We recently discovered that Magic is Art created a thirty second video promoting his Quarterly subscription.

How Your 8-year Old Is Building A Digital Reputation

by Collaborative Team — Jan 14, 2014

One of our favorite posts here at Progress Report was written about how the credit score is outdated (If FICO…

Win a Scholarship for Seth Godin’s Skillshare Class

by Collaborative Team — Jan 13, 2014

The New Business Toolbox: Help Your New Business Do It Right The First Time.

The “Uber of X” Companies Are Only Halfway There

by Collaborative Team — Jan 10, 2014

2013 was a big year for Uber.

Building From Your Insight

by Collaborative Team — Dec 23, 2013

We’ve been helping out a great team launching an interesting retail company.

This Week in Collaborative Fund

by Collaborative Team — Dec 12, 2013

Our weekly update highlighting exciting news about our portfolio and the unique opportunities to join the companies. .

Introducing Collaborative Market

by Collaborative Team — Dec 10, 2013

Explore the site and discover new ways to Learn, Make, Read and Play.

Your Ideas Won’t Build Themselves

by Collaborative Team — Dec 5, 2013

We work with many small organizations that want to grow their business and impact.

Founders First: DIY

by Collaborative Team — Dec 3, 2013

DIY is the best way for kids to get skills, meet others who share the same passions, and generally be awesome.

This Month at Collaborative Fund – Portfolio Updates & Job Opportunities

by Collaborative Team — Nov 27, 2013

Our team shares a weekly internal email that highlights exciting news about our portfolio and the unique opportunities to join…

Will [] Make The World Better?

by Collaborative Team — Nov 14, 2013

Comic from XKCD.

What Happens When The Peer Economy Grows Up?

by Collaborative Team — Nov 12, 2013

Every online marketplace expert will tell you: start with supply.

Build Design Culture, Don’t Wait For It

by Collaborative Team — Nov 5, 2013

Last week, I spent an afternoon with the design team at Percolate.

If FICO & Klout Had A Baby

by Collaborative Team — Oct 31, 2013

Credit, though we take it for granted, is a revolutionary human invention.

Founders First: Quarterly Co.

by Collaborative Team — Oct 30, 2013

Quarterly is a new way to connect with the people you follow and find interesting.

An Update On 1099.is – 42 Million People Are Currently In The Independent Workforce

by Collaborative Team — Oct 29, 2013

For those who don’t know, 1099.is is a website that helps everyone involved in the sharing economy (and more broadly…

Putting Sensors To Work For Us

by Collaborative Team — Oct 15, 2013

Like I said: Optimistic.

Future Of Payments

by Collaborative Team — Oct 10, 2013

Communication protocols on the internet are both wildly varied and constantly evolving.

Should Non-Profits Act More Like Tech Start-Ups?

by Collaborative Team — Oct 8, 2013

Nonprofits can be slow-moving organizations, with lots of decision-making layers and bureaucratic stickiness.

Translating Big Ambition Into Great Design

by Collaborative Team — Oct 1, 2013

We’re excited by entrepreneurs building businesses, brands, and marketplaces that make the world better and our lives more interesting.

Disruption In Food

by Collaborative Team — Sep 26, 2013

The term disruption gets a lot of airtime in the innovation community.

Who Really Should Learn How To Code?

by Collaborative Team — Sep 24, 2013

I started coding way before the public Internet became available.

Introducing 1099.is, An Online Tax Resource For The Sharing Economy

by Collaborative Team — Aug 6, 2013

If you’ve raised startup seed money recently you’re surely familiar with Series Seed documents.

Founders First: Grand St.

by Collaborative Team — Jul 2, 2013

Produced by Show Love.

Announcing Social Citizens! A Partnership With The Case Foundation Promoting Social Entrepreneurship And Impact

by Collaborative Team — May 1, 2013

From its inception, Social Citizens has served to spark discourse around the ideas we hold dear: collaboration, transparency, and social…

The Sharing Economy is coming of age

by Collaborative Team — Jan 24, 2013

In San Francisco, you can find the “Airbnb-of-everything.” Just as Airbnb capitalized on the fact that many of us have…

Create a community before launching

by Collaborative Team — Sep 5, 2012

4 reasons to create a community in your industry before launching your startup…