A handful of business contacts and friends have inquired about the world of venture capital. To answer some of their questions, I thought I would start blogging more about VC 101, starting today.
The basic intro is the financial realm is split into the private and public markets, with investments in private companies known as [...]
The VentureOne Q1 numbers are out and show that the VC investment is on a path of surpassing last year’s investment. In 2006, $26b was allocated and Q1 of this year is up 8% over last year’s first quarter, totaling $6.9b in comparison to the $6.4b 2006 level. However, this is due to [...]
The Working Group on Director Accountability and Board Effectiveness is a 22 member group of people from VC firms, law firms and resource organizations that periodically write white papers of the structure and effectiveness of VC backed company boards. At the beginning of 2007 they released the white paper “The Basic Responsibilities of VC-Backed [...]
I am amazed at how quickly a company can get “all grows up”. One company that I have been watching since its recent inception has just been jamming right along, switching up its business model, cooking up creative ideas and picking up the customers as it goes. I swear the ‘back of [...]
