Remove Cloud Remove Distribution Remove Mezzanine Remove Partner
article thumbnail

Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible.

article thumbnail

Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. Maybe Micro VCs will get larger and emulate a multiple-partner strategy like True Ventures or First Round Capital. There are also others.