Venture Capital Resource AsktheVC – Entrepreneurship Lessons
Brad Feld who was a Mobius has formed a new VC firm called Foundry. Brad’s a good investor and I’ve learned from Facebook that he has the same birthday as me (Dec 1). He and his team have a great...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Beware. Yahoo Buyout Could Kill Technology Startups? Advice: Be...
Entrepreneurs beware Microsoft buying Yahoo could shut down the tech startup scene. It could send the startup climate back to 2001 levels – nuclear winter shut down. I lived through 2001-2004. It...
View ArticleTechonomics During War Time = Expansion – Impact on Entrepreneurs
Marc Andreessen wrote a post on the impact to Silicon Valley if Microsoft and Yahoo buyout happens. I believe that this massive war is changing the landscape but in a positive way. This tech war...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Psychoanalysis Report from INSEAD
Human Resource Management, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France; The European Institute for Business Administration (INSEAD), Boulevard de Constance, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France. Paul Kedrosky...
View ArticleHP Trying to Leverage HP Labs – A Good Strategy
Eric Savitz has a great blog post on HP Labs new focus. According to a release the company is issuing today, HP Labs will zero in on 20-30 large research projects, rather than the 150 or smaller...
View ArticleVC Credibility and Founder Credibility – It’s a Marriage
Getting financed by a VC is a marriage. When it doesn’t work out it’s a divorce. Josh Kopelman writes a great post on entrepreneurs pitching him. He talks about Founder Credibility. It works the...
View ArticleTech Entrepreneurship Recession – Microsoft Yahoo – Tea Leaves;
War! What is it good for! Absolutely nothing! – Say it again! Are wars really good for business? Is tech entrepreneurship in recession heading toward depression? The battle between Microsoft and Yahoo...
View ArticleWhy Startups Fail? Entrepreneurs Perspective – Keep the Founder Around
Why do startups fail? There are many reasons. Here is a post from a VC in Silicon Valley called VCDave – David Feinleib is a partner at MDV – Mohr Davidow Ventures – He invests in Internet-enabled...
View ArticleZuckerberg Opportunity Part II – Silicon Valley Legacy at Risk?
The NY Times is doing a followup piece to my post called The Zuckerberg Opporunity. They are following up on my first post and story called The Zuckerberg Opportunity. The Zuckerberg Opportunity was a...
View Article“Apples and Googles” More Like “Apples and Pears”– Bad News for...
All the talk about companies being sold, founders getting ousted, and ventures failing or being killed by VCs. This seems to be the trend in Silicon Valley and around the world. The captial markets are...
View ArticleExperimentation is Key to Success in Today’s Venture Climate
Scott Berkun wrote a great post about experimentation and asks if you’re doing it in your company. Recently, there has been a ton of talk about venture problems and what makes the best venture...
View ArticleNew Reality: Silicon Valley Wealth Machine – The Rebooting Meritocracy
Businessweek has a post about Silicon Valley wealth machine. Silicon Valley is going through another downturn. It’s the second major downturn in less than 10yrs. I’ve been on the ground for all of...
View ArticleNew Venture Capital Model Is Coming? Limited Partner Investors Seeking New...
NOTE: Visit the siliconANGLE blog for a community of bloggers on Social Web and Technology Opinion and Analysis. THANKS Is this financial market mess going to put the nail in the venture community?...
View ArticleRecession Startups: Great Post On Innovation and Entrepreneurship – No...
I love this post from David Hornik. I guess that I have an addiction because I love starting companies – I can’t help myself. His real message is simple – many entrepreneur friends are starting...
View ArticleSilicon Valley in Trouble? I Don’t Think So – A New Model Will Arrive
Comparing Silicon Valley to Detroit is ridiculous, but Dan Lyons does bring up a big issue worth discussing – innovation problem. Silicon Valley is not setup for long term research in a way that made...
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