Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Who do you call first?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Brock Blake

I had a great discussion the other day with Geraldine Alias, principal at Volition Capital (formerly known as Fidelity Ventures).  She was talking about her days as a VC and the strategies that set Volition apart from other VCs across … Continue reading →

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Michael Gerber at Angel Investor of the Year Luncheon

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Brock Blake

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the FundingUniverse CrowdPitch event we hosted at Inc Magazine’s GROWCO conference.  Well, after the pitching event, we had the opportunity to spend some time with Michael and get to know him a little … Continue reading →

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FundingUniverse IdeaPitch is Launched — Win $2k!

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Brock Blake

As of 5 pm this afternoon, you now have the chance to post your business/business idea onto IdeaPitch and win $2,000.  We just released the new FundingUniverse Facebook app that will be a idea competition that happens every 2 weeks. … Continue reading →

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BoomStartup Launches in Utah

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Brock Blake

I’m pretty excited about what’s happening with BoomStartup.  John Richards and Robb Kunz, 2 active investors here in Utah, have taken the lead on putting this program together and am excited to say that I’ll be involved as a Mentor-Investor. … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Student Entrepreneurs

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Brock Blake

I love student entrepreneurs.  It seems like I’ve been spending quite a bit of time recently with various programs to help and support student entrepreneurs.  I’ve spent several hours at BYU helping with their Business Plan Competition (we hosted a … Continue reading →

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FundingUniverse expanding across the U.S.

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Brock Blake

Great things are happening on the FundingUniverse front.  It’s been a while since I’ve provided an update so I figured that I would talk about some of the exciting things that are happening lately. Great team. As I’ve mentioned in … Continue reading →

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It’s all about talent

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Brock Blake

I have always known this, but it has become 100% apparent that so much of success is dependent on the quality of talent that you have leading the ship.  Talent is an interesting thing to define:  talent isn’t experience, talent … Continue reading →

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UtahStudent25 Awards Gala– November 5th

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Brock Blake

Yesterday, we had another committee meeting to discuss the details of the upcoming UtahStudent25 awards gala.  If you haven’t heard about this awards program, you’re missing out.  Led by BYU Professor of Entrepreneurship/Angel Investor/good friend John Richards, the idea is … Continue reading →

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Coming to an area near you

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Brock Blake

I’m in the Portland Airport writing from my new iPhone (which I love). We are just leaving town after hosting a LivePitch event here in conjunction with PortlandTen, NedSpace, Stoel Rives, and Lunch2.0. We had around 125 people in attendance … Continue reading →

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Top 15 Finalists for Angel Investor of the Year Announced

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Brock Blake

The organizing committee of the Utah Angel Investor of the Year has announced the top 15 finalists.  Here is the list: Alan Hall Craig Earnshaw David Carter Gary Williams Hal Widlansky JD Gardner John Richards Kent Thomas Kyle Love Mark … Continue reading →

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Current State of Angel Investing

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Brock Blake

I mentioned a few weeks back that we were conducting some in-depth research on Angel Investing.  Well, on Tuesday, we shared some more information with the world as the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum asked us to speak on the “State … Continue reading →

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Angel Investor of the Year — Utah

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Brock Blake

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working with the local community to put together the first-ever Angel Investor of the Year Award here in Utah.  We’ve partnered with several entrepreneurial-minded organizations to put it on and, thus far, it’s … Continue reading →

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The angel investor survey says…

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Brock Blake

At FundingUniverse, we are in the process of doing an intense research study on the current Utah angel investment market.  We are partnering with the heads of each of the angel groups to gather the information.  Here is a quick … Continue reading →

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Interesting Investment

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Brock Blake

I received a google alert today that linked to this article mentioning that the Tech Coast Angels (the largest angel group in the world) funded BikeStation.  The press release boasts their first “triple bottom line investment benefiting people, producing profit … Continue reading →

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Have you unlocked an iPhone 3g?

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Brock Blake

So…as you can tell by my last post, I’ve been looking into getting an iPhone.  The only problem with getting an iPhone is the requirement to switch to AT&T/Cingular.  I’ve been on T-Mobile for years and have been happy with … Continue reading →

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Entreprenuer & Angel Summit in Utah

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Brock Blake

For those of you that haven’t heard, next week Utah will join hundreds of countries across the globe to celebrate entrepreneurship!  It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week around the world and we (FundingUniverse) have joined forces with Grow Utah Ventures, USTAR, Zions … Continue reading →

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How does Social Media affect FundingUniverse?

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Brock Blake

One of the things that has been on my mind since I attended the Gnomedex 8.0 conference was how social media can positively and negatively affect the FundingUniverse brand.  Now, I realize that “social media” is a very popular buzz word … Continue reading →

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Early-Stage Venture Capital Market

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Brock Blake

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)

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Brock Blake

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

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Brock Blake

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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