Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

Being in the venture capital industry, I find that sometimes it is worthwhile to take a step back from the day-to-day to take a look at the large impending trends which are just beginning to affect us. With many frequent headline predictions desensitizing our understanding of their relative importance, those in the industry (including myself) sometimes forget to (or can’t) see the forest through the trees.

Green 100

Green Bandwidth Startup Venture Capital 100

BeyondVC

JULY 23, 2007

The Wall Street Journal announced another Nokia mobile internet purchase today of a company called Twango which allows users to share photos, video, and media. According to the WSJ, the Twango service will be integrated into Nokia phones and will start with a free and premium based subscription model. While this acquisition in and of itself is not mind blowing, the fact that Nokia has made a number of acquisitions over the last 18 months encroaching on possible carrier revenue does make the stor

Internet 60

Internet Acquisition Vertical Software 60

Jason Ball

JULY 23, 2007

It appears that Google is going head to head with seed investors (like Y combinator) with its Google Gadget Ventures : Google Gadget Ventures is a new Google pilot program dedicated to helping developers create richer, more useful Google Gadgets. Inspired by the success of iGoogle, which has been driven by the creation by 3rd-party developers of a broad range of gadgets, Gadget Ventures provides two types of funding: 1.

Programming 28

Programming Developer Business Plan Venture Capital 28

aweissman.com

JULY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you. Jul 27, 2007. Revenues kill the dream. Paul Kedrosky : Whatever your feelings about Twitter, business plans are overrated, and profits perhaps even more so. Why? Two reasons. First, because VCs are professional nit-pickers. Give them something to find fault with, and theyll do it with abandon.

Revenue 20

Revenue Naming Business Plan 20

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

Startup

aweissman.com

JULY 24, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you. Jul 24, 2007. Seed Investing. I wrote a piece for the new Silicon Alley Insider site about seed investing in New York. It is about the fact that while venture funding statistics show larger funds and more later stage investing, there are still a wealth of early ventures being formed, and getting funded.

Later Stage 20

Later Stage New York Naming 20