Articles about Investors in Startups as of February 21, 2009
February 21, 2009 | John Lessnau | Comments 0
02/21/2009
venture capital for exploding Chinese market may grow as the internet dotcoms become service providers as to the successful dotcoms of north america. like neteasy.com taking on ebay or more following
02/21/2009
Your investment salesman advisor says, “over the long-run, stocks have the best returns.” You look at your 401k statement. Yuk! … . Local Northwest entrepreneurs are flourishing, even investing in their own companies alongside venture capitalists. Invest in you, it’s better than the stock market, better than a “career” and sure beats
02/21/2009
Global Clusters is a unique and most advanced business development program in Finland … the participating companies to create 250 new jobs and raise € 25 million of Venture Capital … ; it assists in identifying customers, partners and investors, it opens their doors and supports follow
02/21/2009
This is a subject near and dear to entrepreneurs, maybe the dearest subject of them all … % for the management team, 20% for the founders, and 55-60% for the investors (angel all the way to late stage VC … for the founders and is a big reason why early exits continue to be part of the venture capital landscape. Most
02/21/2009
I had been meeting a lot of angel investors and VC’s lately. In the process I ‘m meeting a lot of aspiring MBA students and solo entrepreneurs(like me). Back in 1999/2000 time frame, I distinctly
02/21/2009
One thing you should be convinced about is that negotiating skills can be learned. Some people do seem to have more natural ability to negotiate than others. But it is a misconception that great negotiators’ innate temperaments have endowed them with unique insight and skills
02/21/2009
Why don’t all recessions seem to teeter on the brink of turning into a “lost decade” as President Obama described , accurately, … and a strong balance sheet (e.g., anyone with an endowment, venture capital, private equity, people who own
02/21/2009
CALL FOR PAPER – Submission Deadline: January 29 Website: … learning Education/Curriculum Emerging Markets & Privatization Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital Ethics/Social Responsibility Financial Crises Financial Engineering
02/21/2009
We have earlier written about rise and fall of Subhiksha, which generated quite a buzz. Many of the commentators on that post are referring to Mr … understands that ‘risk’ capital will come with a set of safeguard measures that will only help investors … ’t the lead investor in your company allowed to ‘reassure’ by hiring a professional agency
02/21/2009
India’s market for renewable energy and related technology is growing by 25% per year. That’s according to a U.S. Commerce Department statement encouraging American energy enterprises to get a chunk of the South Asian market. But the flow of capital and ideas into India from Silicon Valley may
02/21/2009
Fantastic Marc Andreessen. Great comments in this interview. He and his partner have invested amounts between $100k and $200k in 36 deals … Horowitz are getting into the venture capital business on a full-time basis. They are forming a new firm and raising a venture fund. Marc and Ben have been active angel investors in web/tech
02/21/2009
Over the past two months I have had the opportunity to talk to several groups who have launched venture capital or private equity funds in North … investors would be turning over millions of dollars to first-time fund managers? Meanwhile, those same investors are pulling money out of private equity funds, hedge funds and venture capital firms
02/21/2009
“I see good things for this basketball betting startup company”, cried Borzea Frezzo of www.securityfocus … . Some other potential basketball betting investors are shying off until the company can get moving … join after first quarter profits are reported to stock markets and investors”. “Waisner Doughtry
02/21/2009
Jennifer made this pronouncement tonight, as we headed off to the I-don’t-cook-on-Fridays dinner. So we headed over to a shop at kent station – Topaz – that caters to the 20 something or wish they were set. Women of my age appear in that shop to provide venture capital. She did find
02/21/2009
In Silicon Valley, many admire the staying power of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, … a litigation practice to counterbalance a slowdown in the work it does for startups and venture capital
02/21/2009
With the proposed $2.5 billion merger between TicketMaster and Live Nation looming large, many venue owners and promoters are up in arms, … 2007, is launching … Related posts:YouNoodle Scores: What Startups Can Learn from Wars Venture capital has long been heralded as an apprentice-style business…SynthaSite Gets A $20 Million Boost
02/21/2009
The Art and Science of the Small Exit by Ben Yoskovitz, Co-Founder of Montreal-based StandoutJobs Startup lessons: … by Mark MacLeod Early Exits are Good for Everyone by Basil Peters, Vancouver-based angel investor
02/21/2009
The notion that the federal government should be creating a sort of venture capital fund to invest in green technologies was an idea that was floated … … Related Posts GigaOM: VCs Must Woo Unhappy Investors, Too GigaOM: Is the VC Model
02/20/2009
In today’s economy, controlling electronic discovery costs has taken on a new urgency. Because the financials of many companies have deteriorated so quickly, there is great interest in finding methods to reduce any costs in the short-term. As a result,
02/20/2009
By Jason Clarke and James WalkerThis past Wednesday night (Feb. 18, 2009) … , the discussion focused on the challenges facing Silicon Valley and the venture capital industry … , a veteran of BEA and Sun Microsystems; Lisa Lambert, President of Intel Capital and Patricia Sueltz
02/20/2009
Using commercial airlines, rather than their own fleet, gives Justin Brown and James Dowd a competitive advantage … with an angel investor. One of the company’s early partnerships was with NY Minute Messenger & Trucking, where Brown was then in sales. By 2004, Brown and Dowd had bought FGX from its investors
02/20/2009
A lot of today’s marketing meeting focused on Portland’s supposed inferiority complex … venture capital. That’s Silicon Valley to the south and Bellvue/Redmond to the north. From my angle … have some free speech left in “Little Amsterdam” (FOSS capital). We may be corporate and button down
02/20/2009
Last week, the Leeds School of Business , and the Deming Center more specifically, hosted the 2009 Mountain Region VCIC competition … presented their business plans. About a dozen judges including venture capitalists from Foundry Group … competes at USC in a few weeks. Given the exposure to venture capital in Boulder, they should make
02/20/2009
My Note – The banks have been taking money under the Act listed in the 2008 Appropriations Bill and from every Act in every appropriations bill for the last eight years, at least. And, they have been lobbying legislators to serve their own benefit
02/20/2009
I have finally come up with an alternative to Obama’s stimulus package. ( … the usual banker filter. Act more like venture capitalists than bankers. That is, don’t worry so much
02/20/2009
I think this is big news although I have not seen anyone pick up on it yet … partner (and CEO of Opsware/Loudcloud) Ben Horowitz are getting into the venture capital business … angel investors in web/tech for a while now. They are co-investors with our firm Union Square
02/20/2009
The British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) … . Considering his comments on the state of the Venture Capital market in Canada, “There is NO Venture Capital
02/20/2009
[ D60ted-williams-moxie-posters] It’s interesting, this MMOX with moxie. Rather than have me bore you with replays, I’d urge you to just go join the list, it doesn’t lack for comedic value for those of us who have been watching this at home in SL for the last 3 years
02/20/2009
Voith Hydro (Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation) and RWE Innogy have formed a joint venture—Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies—to accelerate … generator. Click to enlarge. Within the frame-work of its venture capital activities, RWE Innogy will make a significant capital investment and hold a 20% in the new company. Voith Hydro—which
02/20/2009
Last May I posted about the unbelievable achievement made by my long time favorite Israeli basketball club – Hapoel Holon … to make an analogy to the high tech/venture capital environment, this is like seeing a serial
02/20/2009
Today is the 10 year anniversary of Shopping-Bargains.com! We are very excited to have hit that milestone … as some called it) when they ran out of venture capital and lost millions of dollars.By 2003, however
02/20/2009
“What’s really needed are agents for change.” Tendril’s CEO, Adrian Tuck, 2/18/09 This came today from Gisela at Alaskans against the NAIS: http://rfdamerica.com/?p=333 The Smart Grid sure ties into other mapping programs designed to get people to modify their behaviors, doesn’t it? What is googles’ “investment” in the grid?
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