Monthly Archives: August 2008

Early-Stage Venture Capital Market

While reading through my daily google alerts, I came across an article that grabbed my attention.  The article is about the Northwest-based venture capital firm Monster Venture Partners and Rob Monster’s thoughts on the early-stage venture capital market.  The quote … Continue reading

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Props to Paul Allen (the lesser)

It’s been fun to watch the Paul Allen story unfold.  If you didn’t know, Paul is one of the co-founders of FundingUniverse and the brain child behind the original website.  He is also a board member that I respect & … Continue reading

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Very Impressed with Gnomedex

Thanks to Chris & Ponzi Pirillo, Trent and I are here in Seattle attending the Gnomedex 8.0 Conference… and I have to say that I am impressed.  I’ve attended a lot of conferences and this one blows most of them … Continue reading

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Great Resources on Fundraising

There are a couple of resources from Paul Graham of Y Combinator that I have come across recently that I think are very beneficial for those entrepreneurs trying to raise investment capital.  Here they are in no particular order: Paul … Continue reading

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Google Launches VC Arm

According to the Wall Street Journal, it appears that Google will be launching a VC arm to their company… and why wouldn’t they?!  I guess that they have about $12.7 billion dollars worth of cash reserves so they might as … Continue reading

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