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 earl-stage startups, the most recent one being acquired by Apple. In 2017, Semil was named to Midas Brink List by Forbes, and in 2022 and 2023, he was named to the Midas List for seed investors 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.