Geeky Obsessions

Startup trek, episode 38: Elementary, Dear Data

Sarah

Feb 3, 2020
4 min

Startup trek, episode 38: Elementary, Dear Data

Season 2, episode 3, "Elementary, Dear Data" Lesson: only talk in a meeting if you have something useful to say This post is part of my...

Sarah

Dec 29, 2019
3 min

Startup Trek, episode 26: The Child

Season 2, episode 1: “The Child" Lesson: the best way to understand a group of people is to immerse yourself in them (e.g., user testing)...

Sarah

Dec 8, 2018
3 min

Startup trek episode 7: Justice

Season 1, episode 7: "Justice" Lesson: make your point up front; don't babble This post is part of my ongoing quest to watch every...

Sarah

Dec 5, 2018
3 min

Startup trek episode 6: Lonely Among Us

Season 1, episode 6, "Lonely Among Us" Lesson: trust your gut when it tells you something's off about a person The Enterprise...

Startup trek, episode 5: Where No One Has Gone Before

Sarah

Dec 2, 2018
3 min

Startup trek, episode 5: Where No One Has Gone Before

Season 1, episode 5: "Where No One Has Gone Before" Lesson: don't disregard employees' input just because they're junior This post is...

Sarah

Nov 25, 2018
4 min

Startup trek, episode 3: Code of Honor

Season 1, episode 3, "Code of Honor" Lesson: realistic haptic feedback is essential for a true augmented reality simulation This post is...

Sarah

Nov 25, 2018
3 min

Startup trek episode 2: The Naked Now

Season 1, episode 2, "The Naked Now" Lesson: Bad shit happens when people get hammered at company parties This post is part of my ongoing...

Startup trek episode 1: Encounter at Farpoint

Sarah

Nov 18, 2018
3 min

Startup trek episode 1: Encounter at Farpoint

Season 1, episode 1, "Encounter at Farpoint" Lesson: Bring on a good COO to complement the CEO early on This post is part of my ongoing...

Startup Trek: to boldly go where no VC has gone before

Sarah

Nov 14, 2018
2 min

Startup Trek: to boldly go where no VC has gone before

Star Trek... the final frontier. I'm a fan of scifi--movies, shows, books, video games--but I've never seen a season of Star Trek. It...

How Niantic should roll out Gen II in Pokémon Go

Sarah

Oct 28, 2016
13 min

How Niantic should roll out Gen II in Pokémon Go

Originally published on UploadVR.com. There’s a lot of speculation right now around how Niantic will introduce the next generation of...

Sarah

Jan 22, 2015
1 min

My personal heroes

Maybe it’s because I just turned thirty, but I’ve been thinking recently about the people who I’ve admired and learned from most over ...

Sarah

Nov 16, 2014
13 min

7 reasons why "Dumb and Dumber To" was horrible, from a die-hard fan

This isn’t a movie review of “Dumb and Dumber To.” There are enough of those already. No, this is a personal lament from a die-hard fan...

For two guys who hate advertising, Tim and Eric make great ads

Sarah

Oct 2, 2014
3 min

For two guys who hate advertising, Tim and Eric make great ads

You may have seen Jeff Goldblum in an eccentric General Electric light bulb ad that’s making the Internet rounds this week. Playing a...

The polarizing brilliance of Tim and Eric

Sarah

Jun 22, 2014
5 min

The polarizing brilliance of Tim and Eric

Originally published on Medium. People who have seen Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's work either love it or hate it. There isn't much...

Sarah

Feb 19, 2014
3 min

RuPaul's Drag Race vocabulary guide

My friend Tyler is a doctor of clinical psychiatry who recently put his brainpower to work in an email thread introducing a friend to a...

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SARAH A. DOWNEY

Angel investor, founder, coach, and early-stage VC. Former startup person, even more former lawyer. Fan of sci-fi, free speech, weightlifting, gaming, and the Enneagram. Based in New England but working remotely.

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