Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. In the second post I argued that as of September 2009 the pace of VC investments has increased rapidly (at least for software / Internet investments – the only sector on which I’m competent to comment), but only for those remaining VCs who have new enough funds and aren’t plagued by “the triage problem.&# This is a direct result of innovat

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Announcing the “Micropreneur Academy Product Showcase&# Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse → The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer Software Development If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (22) E.piphany (6) ESL (7) Family/Career (21) Market Types (9) Marketing (17) MIPS Computers (1) Rocket Science Games (7) Secret History of Silico

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

One of the ultimate excuses for not measuring impact of Marketing campaigns is: "Oh, that's just a branding campaign." Admit it, you've heard it. I suspect you've even used it liberally!! : ). Before we go any further I must clarify that I love branding campaigns just as much as the next guy. I love campaigns that Visa runs.

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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

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 28, 2009 Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (and a request for help) There are only two opportunities left this year to see a Lean Startup presentation in the US - for free. In order to make those events the best they can be, Id like to ask for your help. This Wednesday, Ive been invited to give a lecture as part of Stanford Universitys Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar.

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Eric Friedman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

3 years and 1 day ago I wrote a introductory post about RSS. Since that time a lot has happened with RSS, but I keep referring back to that post. In fact, it became a presentation I did a few times both within my last company (to teach everyone about using a feed reader and staying up to date with clients) to outside at technology events. I don’t think I have referred to any post more than the guide to RSS and it still works even though its 3 years old.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I’ve posted the text of my prepared remarks integrated with the PowerPoint slides on the web and am proudly wearing my “wet blanket.” While many analysts of the impact that the capital markets crisis is having on emerging growth companies focus on describing the problem, I have added my voice in support of a group of capital markets experts who are proactively offering concrete and realistic solutions to the problem.

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abovethecrowd.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

[Follow Me on Twitter] We are clearly at a very important point in time when it comes to Internet video, especially video that is served to your television, but over the Internet (also known as “over-the-top” Internet video). Christmas of 2009 and Christmas of 2010 will mark the point in time that Internet menus began [.].

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Today, The Daily Beast announced a joint venture with Perseus Book Group, with Tina Brown noting that there is “a gap between online writing and full-length books that [is] no longer being fully met by a dwindling market for magazines.”. The effort will utilize Daily Beast writers to publish books of 150 pages or less on a shorter cycle than traditional publishing houses.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

This coming Wednesday I will be speaking at the REFF West conference in San Francisco about the capital markets crisis and its impact on American innovation. Given the recent upwelling of popular press articles heralding the return of IPOs, my views, which are supported by newly released long-term statistics,are likely to generate some discussion. An abstract of my remarks follows: The capital markets crisis has put an entire generation of American emerging growth companies at risk.

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