Venture Capital

Tips for Getting the Most out of Capital Connections!

Posted on April 30th, 2007.

Crossposted from my blog:
The purpose of this post is two-fold. One, to provide an update on the upcoming StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event, and two, to provide some quick tips for entrepreneurs to get the most out of the event.
Currently, we have over 60 companies and over 20 investors signed up to attend. We’ll probably hit [...]

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Top 10 Ways to Suffocate an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Posted on April 29th, 2007.

Crossposted from my blog:
Walls are great for privacy. But they impede progress unless there are doors in the walls that allow you to move freely from one room to the next. And if you can’t build doors, then tear down the walls. It’s far easier than measuring and fitting new doors for every room in [...]

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We need a local Y-Combinator

Posted on April 4th, 2007.

I met with Dave Williams today, founder and Chief Strategist of 360i. Dave’s a very nice guy - I can’t believe I haven’t met him before today. We’ve both been doing the “Internet” thing since it was first commercially viable (I actually go back before that a bit). We also seem to [...]

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A White Paper for VC Boards

Posted on March 5th, 2007.

As an entrepreneur, I’ve often heard the VC mantra of “we’re value add investors“. Most entrepreneurs quickly realize that most VCs aren’t value add. If they aren’t adding value, you hope that they’re at least value neutral but in reality most are value subtracting to your business. The benefit of their investment [...]

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