December 28, 2010

Conan O’Brien is funnier when he’s not on live TV

I am a fan of Conan O’Brien. I loved his NYC show. When he got fired by NBC, he was hilarious on Twitter. I heard great things about his summer 2010 roadshow. But, I’m sorry to say, his show on TBS is not good. He’s definitely lost some luster. He’s a NYC late night guy. And, he’s great with sketch comedy. It’s taken me a few tries, but I love this AMEX commercial from India, “Curtain.”

Semil Shah

Semil founded Haystack, an early-stage investment firm now investing out of its sixth institutional fund, Haystack Ventures VI, with his colleagues Aashay Sanghvi and Divya Dhulipala. He is also a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Prior to investing, Semil held various product and operational roles at consumer-facing mobile startups, the most recent one being acquired by Apple. In 2017, Semil was named to Midas Brink List by Forbes. While working and investing, he has also been a long-time consistent writer about technology and investing at outlets such as Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Quora.