Posts about Investors in Startups as of January 8, 2009
January 08, 2009 | John Lessnau | Comments 0
01/08/2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Petaluma, Calif. – In his latest speech on the economy, President-elect Barack Obama has once again failed to make even a single mention of America’s small businesses, which create nearly 80 percent of net new jobs, and employ 50.4 percent of private sector workers
01/08/2009
Here is the full text of TuneCore President Jeff Price’s article that appeared in the first week of January, 2009’s Huffington Post. Read it and reap. –Peter In 1996, taped to the wall of my now defunct record label spinART Records’ 800 square-foot, four-ikea-desk-loaded-with-unsold-CD-and-vinyl office was a $1 check from MTV
01/08/2009
The director of Common Angels, a prominent angel investor network, gave a presentation about the status of the current investment climate at a recent Webinnovators meeting in Boston. A good read if you are contemplating raising capital for a new dating site
01/08/2009
John Thornton, a general partner at local venture capital heavyweight Austin Ventures, has been taking a critical eye to the newspaper business over at his blog, Insomniactive. It’s insightful stuff
01/08/2009
moneycliff.gif For three quarters things were going well for private capital firms raising new money … for capital under management, U.S. buyout, venture capital and mezzanine investing firms were unable … flowing into traditional buyout or venture capital firms in 2008, but rather a surge in money going
01/08/2009
Some years ago Bernard Madoff, founder and owner of a successful stock and bond trading firm, … investors “returns” not earned, but were made possible by incoming cash flow. A Ponzi scheme … billion dollars, and thousands of investors involved, can it be reasonably assumed there was only
01/08/2009
INSZoom.com, Inc., the world’s largest immigration software company, has received for the fourth year in a row, … , venture capitalists, analysts and founders of VC-funded companies, along with members of siliconindia’s
01/08/2009
Despite the credit crunch and falling oil prices, venture capitalists say green energy is still a good bet. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
01/08/2009
Will VC funds produce the next Madoff? Posted by: Esme Vos In: … of transparency among venture capital funds in Israel, even as some of them press for government help. Venture capital firms do not disclose their rate of return, partner salaries and bonuses — so much
01/08/2009
After the end of my rant on VS 2010 and VSTS pricing some users wrote me to tell me about Microsoft Bizspark … ’t want a venture capital firm, I really wanted someone whom I had heard of before. After looking
01/08/2009
Economic Times has an interview with Rajeev Bakshi, joint managing director of ICICI Venture on its SPV, I-Ven Medicare, … to the private equity and venture capital ecosystem in India. View free samples of Venture Intelligence … across a certain region. We give them growth capital so that the teams of these entrepreneur doctors
01/08/2009
There is an ancient battle about whether it’s better, when you are counting, to start with “one” or to start with “zero”. English majors think the answer is obviously “one”, but many technical folks believe that it’s better to start counting with “zero”. This was the issue behind the argument about whether the new millennium began in 2000 or 2001
01/08/2009
Tessea Tessea loves to work with eco friendly people and offers a comprehensive range of services: eco investment & venture capital, management & sustainability strategy (CSR, EMS, CO2), ethical
01/07/2009
Behind any successful company is usually a board of advisors and directors who guide the leadership of the organization … Member of Beach Capital LLC. Mr. Cole previously served as President of American Outdoor Advertising … the development of Telkonet since 1999 as its principal investor and co-Founder. He was the Founder
01/07/2009
Airlines are going bankrupt, bank loans are out of the question, venture capital is drying up, which means it is a great time to start a business.Cirrus spent $70 millions getting 2 prop planes off
01/07/2009
Xceedium, a vendor of entitlement management solutions that control high-risk users, … . The finalists, elite executives and venture capital leaders will celebrate the Top 100 Privately Held … , investors and industry observers as an invaluable tool for discovering the most promising young
01/07/2009
I personally don’t see any point to using Twitter. For anyone not familiar Twitter is a service that acts a “mini-blog” and you can update it from … deal and has caught on like wildfire. It raised 22 million in venture capital and does not run ad
01/07/2009
When I talk with an unfunded startup about their burn rate I am often quite impressed with their intelligent frugality and capital efficiency … sometimes do not take into account the additional costs of doing business with a venture capital firm. There is some legitimate additional overhead required to keep your venture capital partner happy
01/07/2009
This year I accompanied my wife on her trip to the annual American Economic Association (AEA) 2009 conference in San Francisco … to venture capital and investing (see the bottom of the list below). I thought to share … Capital – The Venture Capital Cycle – Technology Adoption with Exit in Imperfectly Informed Equity
01/07/2009
We used to say in my profession — public relations — that you shouldn’t say or write anything that you wouldn’t want to turn up on the front page of the New York Times. Now what I like to tell clients instead is: You shouldn’t say or write anything that you wouldn’t want to turn up in Google search results
01/07/2009
This network consists of angel investor groups spread out across the country. Cities include: Atlanta, Dallas, Hilton Head, Houston, Pebble Beach, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Scottsdale, and St. Louis
01/07/2009
By Josh Quittner David and Jerry. Larry and Sergey. It’s like a Jeopardy! … , without any angel or venture capital funding
01/07/2009
I liked this story by Dan Primack. On the face of it this looks like a really schlocky deal … the following quiz question: Can you name the venture capital firms that just pumped more than $40 million … to spill the beans: The investors are General Catalyst Partners and Highland Capital Partners
01/07/2009
Never one to miss the chance to sample something unfamiliar to him, … , and venture capital firms interacting together. To support this innovation ecosystem, we must
01/07/2009
Estimated reading time 1min 28 sec – 2min 51 sec Although there was a dip in overall investments from private equity and venture capital, … , Venture Intelligence, said, “Investors … . cleantech2008 Last years major deals. Data from VentureIntelligence As per data from Venture Intelligence
01/07/2009
Lachlan Hardy the other week was saying to Mick Liubinskas, myself, and others at the Sydney weekly Official Friday Drinks, that he doesn’t like “entrepreneurs” or at least people that call themselves that because he thinks it’s a silly term. We ended up having a lively debate and explored if there truly is value in an “entrepreneurs” degree
01/07/2009
In his column appearing in Businessworld, Bill Emmott, … unemployment. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the private equity and venture capital ecosystem in India. View
01/07/2009
[ cleantech]While it might have been a tough year for most investments on Wall Street, venture capital funding into alternative energies really took off in 2008, setting records … last year, followed by Solyndra with venture investments of $219 million and SoloPower with $200 million
01/07/2009
Solar Leads Record Year of Green Investment Posted by John Davis under: Solar; Biodiesel; Ethanol; News. [ cleantech]While it might have been a tough year for most investments on Wall Street, venture capital funding … with venture investments of $219 million and SoloPower with $200 million. Cleantech Group’s senior
01/07/2009
Phil, I have been quietly listening to your podcast for over two years now … have enough money to be an angel investor–any thoughts on my predicament? I really enjoyed
01/07/2009
Introduction to Bootstrapped! A No Bull Solution for Small Business Success January 6th, 2009 by Sharon Larsen The voting is in, … to Success Most books on entrepreneurship focus on obtaining venture capital and writing
01/07/2009
[ Casa del Sol]You’re invited to join us for the MEDIANAMA Meetup in Bangalore at the Casa del Sol on the 8th of Jan (Thursday, Tomorrow) … startups, search engine co’s, Venture Capitalists, content providers, aggregators and distributors
01/06/2009
GreatPoint Energy GreatPoint Energy 222 Third Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617.401.8760 Fax: 617.849.5691 GreatPoint Energy 222 S … and is backed by leading strategic investors including The Dow Chemical Company, Suncor Energy, AES Corporation, and Peabody Energy, as well as major financial institutions and venture capital firms
01/06/2009
Capitalist and Entrepreneurs who manage to get their companies public listed would be the first to know of critical information that would affect … initial capital to ambitious Entrepreneurs. Venture Capitalists, who provide significant funding … the venture capitalists is the Investment Bankers who provide financing, underwriting, and distribution
01/06/2009
Apparently, the Russian company that owns LJ laid of a sizable portion of their US staff, blaming the economic situation … about what happens to Twitter when the venture capital money dries up. As an aside, I absolutely adore economic
01/06/2009
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01/06/2009
If you expect to win in this tough economy your radar has to stay tuned to the trends in the marketplace. Every early adopter who values staying out front of the pack, is probably already making plans to capitalize on some or all of these 5 hot Christian business trends for 2009
01/06/2009
In Silicon Valley, Venture Capitalists Turn Cautious – Now thinking about personalized healthcare investments… Well this might end up being a good move here as there’s much to gain. At least invest
01/06/2009
From the backseat’s darkness, the hedge fund manager wasn’t talking to anyone in particular, … in options too?” It took a moment to realize she was right. Venture capitalists take 20 … from the entrepreneur. The hedge fund manager, the venture capitalist, the entrepreneur, the executive
01/06/2009
Join the Crusade Against HSUS+Pass It Forward!—–> One of the fastest methods of marketing used to quickly gain other participants, … . One other goal was to increase media exposure and another to involve Venture Capital (to make
01/06/2009
[ JayBhatti.png]Years ago, Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on the classic Star Trek series, hosted a TV show called In Search of.. … -founder Jaideep Singh. At the time, I was with Microsoft and Jaideep was at Clearstone Venture Capital
01/06/2009
This is an interesting story. Facebook appears to want Power … with her on January 1st.) She is an angel investor in Power.com. Second, The Internationalization
01/06/2009
The Resumator is a newly-launched applicant tracking system specifically designed for small businesses. Founder Don Charlton sat down with Cheezhead to talk about product features, why this one might be different, and the funding they’ve accrued since the company’s inception
01/06/2009
PORT & MARITIME SECURITY ADVISOR About Good Harbor Consulting Good Harbor Consulting provides security consulting services for a broad … and with leading IT security firms, venture capitalists, and systems integrators, Good Harbor is able
01/06/2009
Some grim, but not too surprising news to start 2009 with: “The swashbuckling risk takers in venture capital have been laying giant eggs for a decade. Could this finally be Sand Hill Road’s day of reckoning?” Forbes’ Rebecca Buckman’s Venture Capital’
01/06/2009
Toshiba Corp., which got into the electric-car battery business three months ago, … and green technologies, gave venture capitalists enough faith in the solar market to continue strong
01/06/2009
OEN It’s that time of year again. Time for a bunch of startups to begin vying for funding via Angel Oregon, … is the nation’s premier investor/entrepreneur matchmaking event. Angel Oregon brings together Oregon and SW Washington’s brightest entrepreneurial talent with qualified angel investors. The top six
01/06/2009
Every great company in the history of the [silicone] valley started in a technology down cycle. — Shai Agassi Stories about electric cars usually don’t get me very excited. They may not generate any emissions on the road, but their batteries must recharged from a national electric grid,
01/06/2009
(TrendHunter.com) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is making a new toilet that they hope to roll out in the next five years. I speculate that when gamers find out, the venture capital will come flowing. The new…
01/06/2009
American Small Business League cries foul on Obama team Posted by: in Companies Competitive Strategy Filed under: Competitive strategy, … the interests of huge and wealthy venture capitalists. The press release says that indicated potential policy … venture capital firms to compete head to head against small businesses in bidding on billions
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