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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). Highly regarded private SBIC, **Sutter Hill Affiliate, Norwegian Shipping Family, +B of A’s SBIC. What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Pro Publica has a Nonprofit Explorer database searchable by principal name on all nonprofit filings, so you can see a person’s nonprofit activities. . I’m an investor in this company, via ff Venture Capital, HOF Capital, and/or an affiliate thereof. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc.

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Transcript of The Impact of Dynamic Communication

Duct Tape Marketing

And in the academic world it’s largely tied to your name and your academic accolades. And I got 20 – 30 minute interviews from all these people, I put those as excerpts which I think put on my YouTube which then got syndicated on entrepreneurs video network. And you can see the snowball impact that would have.