In Praise of Willy Loman

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 3 Comments »

I was approaching the end of my academic career at engineering school on Black Monday (October 16, 1987), a single day when the global stock market was hit by massive ... Read more..

Selecting a Business Model, Part 2

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Research | 7 Comments »

In Selecting a Business Model, Part 1 I listed the Basic Business Model Archetypes of a business based on the rights being sold, the type of asset, and if applicable, ... Read more..

Selecting a Business Model, Part 1

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Research | 5 Comments »

Many before me have written about Business Models (in fact the reason I decided to write this is because of David Crow's blog post last month titled Business Models) but ... Read more..

Bootstrapping

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 2 Comments »

One of the biggest issues we have to deal with as venture capitalists is saying "no" to a lot of people. At Tech Capital Partners we fund about 1% of ... Read more..