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MBKatz

Bill_Gross 10 Things Your Commencement Speaker Won't Tell You - UN-traditional advice for graduates: on.wsj.com/IeVcNX 1:42 PM Apr 28th via TweetDeck Retweeted by MBKatz and 27 others
@ADObjects @BatteryVentures Not at all, but the person needs to be in the Bay Area for the summer. 3:44 PM Apr 19th via web in reply to ADObjects
@dauber For sure. It's going to be very cool. 10:43 PM Apr 18th via Echofon in reply to dauber
Know an all-star web developer who wants some VC experience? @BatteryVentures is hiring a summer intern: bit.ly/batteryintern 9:33 PM Apr 18th via web
peretti Totally agree with my close friends @rihanna @actuallynph & @tonyhawk that nothing is lamer than name dropping on Twitter 8:14 PM Apr 14th via web from New York, NY Retweeted by MBKatz and 8 others
Are all Highlight users @ycombinator demo day right now? 2:27 PM Mar 27th via Echofon
Pumped to be heading to SXSW with @blakebartlett. Meals involving migas? The over/under is 7. 9:30 AM Mar 9th via web
I think the phrase "jumped the shark" has just jumped the shark. 9:45 PM Mar 7th via web
hblodget Meet The Georgetown Student That Rush Limbaugh Called A 'Slut' read.bi/xEQdo1 2:15 PM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck Retweeted by MBKatz and 5 others
BatteryVentures What better way to show @Viddy some love. Balloons, cake, giant size check for their Series A! Yea, we made a Viddy: viddy.it/wxYzPG 1:35 PM Feb 29th via HootSuite Retweeted by MBKatz and 1 other
I'm getting pumped. #SF2012Champs RT @SFGiants: #SFGiants 1st Full Squad Workout in pictures - Today's #SFGPhoto Blog atmlb.com/zoDJre 6:36 PM Feb 24th via Echofon
Sequoia_Capital “Take immigrants out of Silicon Valley and you have no Silicon Valley" Michael Moritz ow.ly/9hwjo 5:56 PM Feb 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by MBKatz and 54 others
@alexanderrenzi @damurillo @davidjrodriguez @marissa Tell her to put her shoes back on. 11:02 AM Feb 17th via Echofon in reply to alexanderrenzi
CEO earlier today: "I just met a potential co-founder that I really liked. Our meeting on Valentine's Day is startup destiny." #love 9:31 AM Feb 14th via web
lancearmstrong Average start time for a TdF stage? 12 noon. Wake up? 9am. This triathlon stuff... 6:45 start wake up 3:45. Big difference. 1:17 AM Feb 12th via web Retweeted by MBKatz and 601 others
harmandan Thats why I dont use 4sq or heroin "@briancarroll Interesting that 4square will let u check in but not check out. Like the Hotel California" 8:48 PM Feb 3rd via Twitter for Android Retweeted by MBKatz
Bill_Gross Amazing Fact #3 Learned @ #WEF: iTunes alone generated 50% more revenues than ALL of #Yahoo last year. 4:19 PM Jan 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by MBKatz and 67 others
@jasonlehmbeck Hey Jason, shoot me an email (mike at mikekatz dot com) - I'd love to compare notes. 9:31 PM Jan 25th via web
shl An entrepreneur not willing to disclose his ideas is like a comedian not willing to tell any jokes. 2:00 PM Jan 23rd via Buffer Retweeted by MBKatz and 162 others
@dauber What do you call a cow without legs? Ground beef! #jokesofa7yearold 8:45 PM Jan 16th via Echofon in reply to dauber

Name Mike Katz
Location San Francisco, CA
Web http://mikekatz.com
Bio Venture capitalist at @BatteryVentures passionate about entrepreneurship (mostly digital media), food (namely peanut butter), and the Giants (the SF ones).