Our favorite Christmas tradition here at Technically Philly (after reruns of How the Grinch Stole Christmas) is the First Round Capital Holiday Card.
In 2008, the venture capital firm produced its first “holiday card” video that was a riff on “Where the Hell is Matt?” In 2009, they went all Susan Boyle on us. And in 2010, First Round and its portfolio companies get shirtless. Sorta.
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