{"id":1,"date":"2012-05-17T00:08:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T00:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparktoro.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2012-05-18T06:52:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T06:52:40","slug":"new-blog-new-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparktoro.com\/blog\/new-blog-new-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Blog and a New Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, I&#8217;ve been tremendously impressed by a handful of bloggers in the field of technology, startups and investing. In particular:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avc.com\/\">Fred Wilson<\/a>\u00a0of Union Square Ventures<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothsidesofthetable.com\/\">Mark Suster<\/a> of GRP Partners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feld.com\/wp\/\">Brad Feld<\/a> of Foundry Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three qualities about each have impressed and inspired me: 1) They&#8217;ve all had a dramatic impact on their local environment through the megaphones their blogs have built 2) They&#8217;ve created brands in their ecosystems that carry the power to amplify any message they send 3) They&#8217;re all busier than I am, yet blog every day (or close to it).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Given these, I&#8217;ve often found myself being frustrated at Seattle&#8217;s lack of such an individual. The last time I <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/fredwilson\/status\/196746077863559168\">lamented this publicly<\/a>, I was chided by Fred himself:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.sparktoro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/one-blogger-like-fred.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33\" title=\"one-blogger-like-fred\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sparktoro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/one-blogger-like-fred.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hence, despite feeling frequently overwhelmed and underqualified, I&#8217;m going to give writing every night a shot. The topics will vary dramatically. The prose will often be subpar. The posts will certainly have typos. And the quality may be inconsistent.<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230; If they can do it, I can try. 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