View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. We pulled together a lineup of A-list speakers, healined by TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah, and Spark Capital founder and partner Bijan Sabet, among other very talented entrepreneurs and thinkers.

Boston 120

Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

The others are mainly in Silicon Valley with some exceptions. Some of our most interesting companies have originated in places like Estonia (GrabCAD), Croatia (Farmeron) and Omaha (SkyVu), although all have either moved or have a significant presence in a major tech hub like SF, Boston, or NY. There was no Angellist.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

Growthink Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Let us not forget that the most famous and lauded investor of them all hails from Omaha. And more to the point, the great entrepreneurs, the builders of businesses, those that actually create wealth… …have always percolated at the edges and NOT in financial centers.

Omaha 91

Omaha Accredited Investor IRR Silicon Valley 91

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The latest printing, the sixth edition, contains a foreward from the Oracle of Omaha himself as well as a preface from hedge fund investor Seth Klarman of The Baupost Group , regarded by many to be one of the modern masters in the art of value investing. Entrepreneurship is all about people. Sounds ridiculous?

Omaha 35

Omaha Due Diligence Silicon Valley Stock 35

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. In many of these cases, the funds or the accelerators want to put in $100,000 to $500,000 in select ventures but are having a hard time finding mature entrepreneurs to support.

Silicon Valley 105

Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. For some of my thoughts on Lean Startup Machine, see A month is fifteen weekends and The real entrepreneurs of New York City. Also: booze.

Czech Republic 114

Czech Republic Costa Rica Brazil Romania 114