Posts about Investors in Startups as of January 30, 2009
January 30, 2009 | John Lessnau | Comments 0
01/30/2009
“It’s not time to play games”, said Giorgi Birak of Holahan Hockman INC “Let’s get this online backgammon project underway and take cues from www.x … a concern for the online backgammon venture capitalists, which was expressed by project co-creator
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Jan30 Filed under: Asides | Tags: venture capital (2) | January 30th, 2009 PostAsleep at the Wheel of Creative Destruction. Umair Haque’s thoughts on venture capital and the current crisis. (0)
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In our Friday Southern California technology news roundup: The economy continues to be in the news this week, … for some advice on what you can learn from the (last) Internet Bubble. Finally, Jeff Cohn, a venture capital consultant, tell us 10 Ways President Obama Can Help Create Jobs. Turning to venture capital
01/30/2009
My Therapy Journal.com ( www.MyTherapyJournal.com ) has been selected as one of only 19 best private companies in Florida to present at the 2009 Florida Venture Capital Conference (known as the Super Bowl of Venture Capital) that will be held on February 3-4 at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples. MyTherapyJournal.com is the only
01/30/2009
Could hybrids provide a way out of the energy and environmental dilemma? … , a clean-tech expert and venture capital partner
01/30/2009
Rufus Griscom, founder of racy Web publication Nerve … with interest from investors, propelled the decision to separate the two Web publications.The “venture … $2 million from Village Ventures, a New York venture capital firm. Village Ventures has also backed hyper
01/30/2009
Don Boroian, Franchising and The Economy In November, Francorp’s Chairman, Don Boroian, … with borrowed money or looking for investors to open operating units. First of all, we all know that investors don’t invest in companies to open ten stores. The return on investment to venture capitalists
01/30/2009
Electric car company Tesla Motors has had its fair share of successes on its route to its position at the leading edge of the new automotive … , have been delayed indefinitely due to a lack of venture capital funding. The planned facility would
01/30/2009
[ What Now Lunch and Learn Series at Impromptu Studio in Des Moines] Today at 1130AM is the first installment in the Lunch and Learn series called “Now What: A 6 Part Entrepreneurial Survival Guide” presented by Lava Row and 48Web. Now this series is like someone dumping about 24 units of entrepreneurship classes on you in 6 weeks (
01/30/2009
January 30, 2009 | By Bianca In Uncategorized | “The Printed Blog” – The Birth of Blog Driven PublishingWhile continuing our quest into the topic of BLOGGING… and what BLOGS really are… and what importance they have in the way we communicate and network on the Internet today – meaning as an integral part of our Marketing and Publishing
01/30/2009
WHEN LOOKING AT THE dark cloud of unemployment descending on Limerick–a cloud that will push unemployment over 10% in the biggest city closest to my front door–I wonder if anyone in the government employment agency actually steps back and tries to approach things in a way that will dig out Ireland by building a stronger base for the future
01/30/2009
Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category … Services”Venture Capital “SocialMedia Raises $6 Million From IDG”Business and Entrepreneurship “
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by Amit Ranjan on Jan 30, 2009 Check out this slide deck. Its an attempt by a VC at DFJ Gotham Ventures to explain venture capital to a 5th grader … past their school/education, let alone the 5th grade. Venture Capital For A 5th GraderView
01/30/2009
The San Jose Business Times reported Thursday afternoon that the car company could not get the $100 million in venture capital it needed to build the plant.Læs hele indlægget:Tesla Suffer Huge
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Subhiksha, the country’s largest food and grocery chain, which for some time has been facing huge liquidity crisis, … , and associates. Of the balance 41 per cent, while 14 per cent is owned by I-Sec, a venture capital … Investments Limited. Zash had bought this equity from I-Venture in September 2008, for Rs 230 crore, thus
01/30/2009
A proposal to prevent wholesale financial failure – FT If only we had kept the extremist right in power… – Richard H. Serlin Obama Pressures Wall Street Over Bonuses – NYTimes.com Social Security: Entitlement Myths – Michael Kinsley Venture capital isn’t crucial to innovation – voxeu Currency “manipulation”
01/30/2009
Venture Voice: VV Show #53 – David Cohen of TechStarsDavid tells his own stories of success and failure as an entrepreneur, and his transiton to becoming an angel investor. Show sponsor: FreshBooks – an easy online invoicing provider used by Venture Voice(tags: angeltechstars) Possibly related posts
01/30/2009
There are lots of great reasons to start your own business now. Maybe you’re ready to turn your passion into your profession, or you’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur. In addition, changes in the marketplace—even negative ones—create new types of opportunities that creative businesspeople can seize
01/30/2009
I get a lot of newsletters from money managers around the country, which I try and read as they are written by people who are “in the trenches, … for the future. Investors’ behavioral “herding instinct” seeks reassurance from the analysts of Wall Street
01/30/2009
“Facebook If a country, it will be the country with the eighth largest population in the world”At this time who does not have a facebook account can … , Venture Capital company to finance development. Deal is a spectacular bid from Microsoft 240juta only USD 1.6 shares for facebook. Investors seem to jor-fishing gear to fund facebook, called Viacom
01/30/2009
with 5% of the 800+B going towards actual infrastructure, the truth is revealed about promises made … community. That’s where real oversight comes from.(2) fully funded, expert venture capitalists who would use … couldn’t attract enough money to get funded when private capital evaluated them. We have set
01/30/2009
1. VentureBeat (USA) – iMafia, a social game for iPhone with new virtual goods model … companies that raised more than $885.6 million worth of venture capital and angel funds. That’s nothing … Venture Capital Association. But it’s certainly a big chunk of the $2 billion that went into 407 media
01/30/2009
If I were to create an Economic Stimulus Plan, it would be quite different from the current one under consideration by Congress. 1) … , they should have to pay their fair share of taxes just like the rest of us.2) Reduce capital gains on investors, particularly venture capitalists, who invest in companies which research and develop
01/30/2009
Subhiksha, the Chennai-based small format, neighbourhood, discount retailer, which in the past couple of years had grown at a breakneck speed, after long last has admitted to be facing severe cash crunch.In a lengthy e-mail sent to ET, the retailer has tried to come clean admitting that; “We mucked up ourselves
01/30/2009
I know that the IPO market activity is a contrarian indicator for the stock market but this is ridiculous! … , 2008. Can you believe for the whole year, we only had 20 IPOs?According to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), venture capitalists are bracing themselves for a very tough year in 2009
01/30/2009
The fight for hip-hop shill supremacy January 29th, 2009 When it was leaked, the other day, … or so, thanks to a fresh infusion of new venture capital, despite the fact that there was never much
01/30/2009
Recession lowers all boats Posted by Harry Fuller @ 5:56 pm Categories: Blogroll, energy, federal government, green tech, law & politics, renewable energy, solar, state government, venture capital Tags: Recession, Ausra, Harry Fuller In the solar industry the recession is pushing one player from operator to vendor. Ausra, based
01/30/2009
Masayuki Hirukawa, Masako Ueda, 30 January 2009 Venture capitalists are casualties of the current crisis, … economic prospects. Full Article: Venture capital isn’t crucial to innovation … that innovation and long-run growth are in trouble? This column summarises the evidence on venture
01/29/2009
$200 Laptops Break a Business Model As consumers are finding ways to buy computers at a lower cost, high-margin businesses are hurting. (NYT)+++Retooling a Grass-Roots Network for a Presidency The White House faces obstacles as it tries to transform the organization that elected President Obama into an instrument of government.(NYT)
01/29/2009
Shortlist for the Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition – EMEA. Tournament also revealed 21 January 2009, London, UK: The GSMA today announced the finalists for the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards, as well as the competitors for the EMEA leg of the annual Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition
01/29/2009
Contributed by: Aaron Katsman (http://israelnewsletter.com/) – So for the 2nd time in 4 months I went outside and found that my car had been stolen … , he was a senior analyst at a leading Israeli venture capital fund, where he gained an intimate working
01/29/2009
You can’t read a publication that covers startups without coming across an article about the Venture Capital market tanking.In spite of this, there have been some really interesting companies
01/29/2009
Turning Pennies into dollars: (OTCBB:LFBG) Left Behind Games, Inc Are you a public company looking for exposure? Contact RealPennies … . has an exciting “Super Saturday” conference welcoming Brokers, Institutions, Funds and Investors looking … stock support and capital formation for small and emerging-growth companies. The alliance consists
01/29/2009
India is a growing Economy and every year more an more Venture Capital Funds are coming and created in India to benefit from investing in seeding stage (Start-up) Businesses.So What it means by Venture Capital?Well, in lay man’s language, A Venture Capitalist or a Venture Capital Firm is one which pools money from large financial institutions
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