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Notes from a Successful New England Venture Summit - 2009 Edition

Jim Sanger wrote 3 weeks ago: I think one would have that yesterday’s New England Venture Summit in Dedham was one of the mo … more →

Tags: CleanTech, entrepreneur, New England Venture Summit, raising venture capital, VC, venture

2009 New England Venture Summit - Last Day for Online Registration!

Jim Sanger wrote 4 weeks ago: Just wanted to remind everyone that today is the last day to register online for this year’s e … more →

Qualys CEO on SaaS and Cloud Computing

Jim Sanger wrote 2 months ago: Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, recently penned a nice piece on SaaS and cloud computing for IT Adv … more →

Tags: App Economy, Apps, BusinessWeek, cloud, Cloud Computing, IT Infrastructure, IT Security, paas, Philippe Courtot

Is IT Spending Ready to Bounce?

Jim Sanger wrote 3 months ago: At the Dow Jones PEA Conference a couple weeks ago, Jim Breyer gave an interview in which he questio … more →

Tags: ACCEL, Amazon, Citrix, Cloud Computing, dow jones, Forrester, Goldman Sachs, Google, Google Chrome

Why M&A Will Lead the Way

billburgess wrote 3 months ago: There has been much discussion over the last several years lamenting the state of the IPO market and … more →

Tags: Acquisitions, Investment Banking, IPO, M&A, Mergers, public offerings, VC, Venture Capital, venture economics

Puttin’ on the Hits (Part 3): The Impact of Hit Centric Venture Capital on Tech Companies2 comments

Jim Sanger wrote 3 months ago: Extending the argument I’ve made in previous posts on the same subject (Part 1 and Part 2), this pos … more →

Tags: venture exit, Venture Capital, NVCA, venture, VC, Innovation, venture model, venture economics, venture industry

The Innovator’s Immigrant Dilemma

Scott Yaphe wrote 3 months ago: Sometime in the next twelve months Congress will again begin debate on comprehensive immigration ref … more →

Tags: CFO, Ebay, facebook, Google, H1-B, H1-B visas, Hiring Skilled Foreign Nationals, Immigration reform, Immigration, visas

The Anti-Tweet4 comments

billburgess wrote 3 months ago: Although it may not be trendy to say it, I am sick and tired of hearing mundane information about th … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, VC, web 2. 0, twitter, Tweet, facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, MySpace

Death by Nanoparticle

Jim Sanger wrote 4 months ago: Recently, an article in the European Respiratory Journal linked seven cases of lung damage and two d … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, VC, Nanotech, nanotechnology, nano, nanoparticle, nanotoxicity, nano safety, Andrew Maynard

Puttin’ on the Hits (Part 2): The Implications of Hit Centric Investing for VC Fund Performance1 comment

Jim Sanger wrote 4 months ago: In Part 1 of this post, I agreed with Jack Myers’ opinion that a hit-centric mentality continues to … more →

Tags: venture exit, Venture Capital, VC, Kedrosky, dotcom crash, Jack Myers, venture economics, Peter Rip, venture industry

Outlook Increasingly Cloud-y: Salesforce Blows Out Its Numbers, But that’s Not the Big Story

Jim Sanger wrote 4 months ago: I am still a little uncertain why the news didn’t cause a bigger stir in the financial press o … more →

Tags: VC, web 3 0, cloud, Cloud Computing, SaaS, On Demand, marc benioff, paas, Cloud Era

Six Words To Venture Funding (Well, Almost)

Scott Yaphe wrote 5 months ago: Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway’s drinking buddies once bet him that he couldn’t write a complet … more →

Tags: VC, getting venture funding, raising venture capital, venture capital advice, entrepreneur

For Startup and Growth Company CEOs: Managing VC Expectations

Jim Sanger wrote 5 months ago: I’ll be giving another online presentation for Reed Seminars today at 1:30pm EST/10:30am PST, this t … more →

Tags: venture exit, Venture Capital, venture, VC, CEO, venture model, startups, Managing Expectations, Reed Seminars

Puttin’ on the Hits (Part 1): Has Venture Capital Become a Hit Factory?2 comments

Jim Sanger wrote 6 months ago: A few years ago, even before the wheels had come off the tech recovery of 2004 to 2007, I was struck … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, venture, VC, dotcom crash, Jack Myers, Hit factory, venture model, baseball economics, venture economics

Web 3.0, Why VCs Should Care, and What We Will Find There2 comments

Jim Sanger wrote 6 months ago: Not long ago, John D. Sutter posted a little piece on CNN’s SciTechBlog entitled “What is Web 3.0, a … more →

Tags: Appstore, Chris DeWolfe, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Era, dotcom crash, Everbridge, Gomez, Intralinks

Hyperinflation?

billburgess wrote 6 months ago: Here is my take on Art Laffer’s article which has gotten a lot of play from the WSJ.  He is concerne … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, VC, Art Laffer, monetary base, money supply, great credit contraction

'The Internet' in 1994

Scott Yaphe wrote 6 months ago:  PE Hub posted an interesting 1994 clip from NBC News focused on something called “The Internet”. It … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs, PE HUB, Internet, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt

What Venture-Backed Companies Need to Know About Raising an Additional Round of Capital in the Next 12-24 Months2 comments

Jim Sanger wrote 6 months ago: I’ve accepted an invitation to give a seminar sponsored by Reed Seminars on the topic of what compan … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, venture, VC, Fund Raising, CEO, Raising capital, Seminar, Webinar

When The Going Gets Tough…Keep Going

Scott Yaphe wrote 7 months ago: I recently attended an interesting talk by Dutch Leonard, a professor at Harvard Business School.  T … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, VC, dutch leonard, Harvard Business School, Ernest Shackleton, endurance, Entrepreneurs, Economic Crisis, clear sense of purpose


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