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- Guy Kawasaki on "The Back of the Napkin"
- The Find: Got a complex business problem? Of course you have to run the numbers, but one author argues that you should also sit down with a pen and paper and spend some time doodling. The Source: An interview conducted by venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki with Dan...
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Tom Peters: Don't Sweat the Recession
- I've posted on some alarmist points of view regarding our economy. It only fits that I should post on Tom Peters' The Train Keeps on Rolling. He notes that despite decades worth of pronouncements of doom on America's position in the world economy, including his own,...
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Where Did Japan Go Wrong?
- Twenty years ago, with George Bush Sr. in command of the country, the US was gripped with almost a national hysteria about Japan. The hottest read in business and government circles was Trading Places: How We Are Giving Our Future to Japan and How to Reclaim It,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- StarVest Partners' Deborah Farrington Named Top Venture Capitalist on Forbes "Midas 100"
- Following the Very Successful NetSuite IPO, StarVest Lauded for Extraordinary Vision in Venture Capital
- Research articles 2008-01-30
- Fouad ElNaggar: Investing in Transformational Companies
- Fouad ElNaggar is a Principal with Redpoint Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in high-tech start-ups, which have included Netflix, Tivo and Juniper Networks. ElNaggar talks about what kinds of companies he seeks to help and the misconceptions of venture capitalists.
- Videos 2008-04-18
- The Founder's Dilemma
- The Idea in Brief Most entrepreneurs want to make pots of money and run the show. But Wasserman reveals that it's tough to do both. If you don't figure out which matters most to you, you could...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- Is a Good Face Good for Business?
- Facial coding, the idea that your expression gives away what you are really thinking, was put forth some 40 years ago by psychologist Paul Ekman . But does it work in business? Can you tell what CEOs really think, just by looking, or are they so carefully trained that...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- You Pick, I Review
- Harvard Business School Press sent me its Spring 2008 catalog. Tell me what you'd like to see reviewed. Books on the way include: Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures -- and Yours, by Tarun Khanna ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Courting Key Influencers May Be Wasted Effort
- Oprah's been hitting the campaign trail with Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and Chuck Norris is stumping for Mike Huckabee in hopes that the celebrity support will sway wavering voters (trust us, this has something to do with business). However, recent research suggests that celebrity endorsement won't help the candidates...
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Ernst & Young Will Host Journey 2007 Conference for Venture Capital Funds and Entrepreneurs of Emerging Growth Companies
- TEL AVIV, Israel -- On October 25, 2007, Ernst & Young (www.ey.com) will host its 11th Annual Journey 2007 Conference -- the annual Israeli conference for venture capital funds and entrepreneurs of emerging growth companies. The conference, which will take place at David Intercontinental Hotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel, serves as a...
- Research articles 2007-09-24
- Should Your Business be on the Web?
- Ludicrous question, right? But you youngsters gather round, because us old 'uns with a few gray hairs recall that precise question being subject of hot debate about a dozen years ago, when there actually was a "browser war" and we all wondered if Alta Vista would ever...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Benchmark Capital's Dave Goldberg: How VCs Predict the Future
- Dave Goldberg is an entrepreneur-in-residence at VC firm Benchmark Capital, where he works to evaluate and identify investment opportunities. Benchmark has has $3.5 billion in capital under management and has invested in such companies as Friendster and Linden Research, Inc., the creator of Second Life. In this interview, Goldberg talks...
- Videos 2007-11-05
- MSNBC Anchor Tucker Carlson Addresses Western Association of Venture Capitalists and National Venture Capital Association
- No-Holds-Barred TV Anchor Discusses Presidential Race at Annual Venture Capital Event
- Research articles 2007-11-29
- The Importance of Connecting with Colleagues
- One of my managers once told me I wasn’t at work to make friends. But connecting with co-workers is a key to fruitful work environments. In Fired up or Burned Out, author Michael Stallard begins by citing Gallup research showing that only three in ten Americans are engaged in their...
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- VC-backed Firms Outpace Average Firm by 133%
- In the midst of all the congressional hoopla about a new law that may raise the carried interest tax rate, a number of firms are defending their own -- most notably venture capital firms. In the battle to slay the anti-carried interest camp, the National Venture Capital Association has pulled...
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Approaching Business Angels
- A "business angel," also known as an "angel investor," is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business, typically an equity investment. Angels rarely make loans or outright grants. Business angels most often support individual entrepreneurs and brand-new ventures, although they can assist any venture in need. The term...
- Articles 2007-10-10
- Siemens invests $3M in energy management startup (Electronic News)
- Independent energy management solutions provider Prenova Inc. http://www.prenova.com today announced it has received $3 million in venture capital funding from Siemens AG's venture capital arm http://www.siemensventurecapital.com. Independent energy management solutions provider Prenova Inc. http://www.prenova.com today announced it has received $3 million in venture capital funding...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- Selling Shares of Your Business
- People sell shares of a company to raise funds or to eventually sell the company. Shares can be sold to angel investors, venture capitalists, individuals, and other businesses. These different types of buyers will have different motives for buying, expectations of the dividends they may receive, and intentions for selling...
- Articles 2007-09-27
- Venture Capitalists Look Beyond Silicon Valley
- There's nothing surprising about venture capitalists investing in start-up Web 2.0 companies. Investment in Web 2.0 companies during the first half of 2007 is up 7% from the same period last year and everyone's talking about social networking sites and wikis. What is surprising is where these companies are based....
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Setting Up a Loyalty Program on the Web
- Merchants set up loyalty programs to reward customers who spend more and/or stay longer on their Web sites. As with many trends on the Internet, loyalty programs were a trend that crashed pretty severely. Much of what went wrong does not reflect an inherent fault in the loyalty model itself,...
- Articles 2007-07-16
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