Frank Barbieri

Love the idea of a Cameo type marketplace for advice. And Michael is a great entrepreneur.

We're already seen networked marketplaces remake graphic design, gig engineering work, and even freelance writing. Riddle is one of those "of course" companies where you're surprised it didn't exist already. Many publishers large and small will find value building out their content by shopping for compelling snips. Super excited about their trajectory.

I was lucky enough to tour the Omni facility in Dogpatch a month ago. I gotta say, the intake process and item processing fastidiousness alone is a worthy case study for any start-up. They are militantly dialed on access, analytics and content. A remarkable job. As Tom extends the vision to shared stuff, I think this will pay off in customer glee and enhanced margin for the business.

I'm an investor and big supporter of what Boris, Mike and the team are doing. Making easy to use tools to support creators is a mission they are well familiar with from their success with Tickle.com and one that has an expanding market as the environment for individual creators proliferates. Working on the tools side vs. the distribution side aligns their engineering closer to the needs of the...

We have been using forage since the alpha launch, having used many of the other preparation and delivery services. I love forage for one simple reason: It makes me and my wife feel like heroes. I’ll ’splain. I’m an accomplished cook and my wife is an intermediate cook, we both work full time and while we have time during the weekdays to bang out a meal, we don’t typically have enough time to...