PostRank Top Blogs of 2009

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in Portfolio Company, Research | 2 Comments »

PostRank published the Top Blogs of 2009 today and along with a very detailed list of the top blogs, there are some interesting stats from the gobs of data they ... Read more..

The nature of engagement

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Portfolio Company | 1 Comment »

One of the joys of writing for the Tech Capital blog is the intense and relentless rivalry [sarcasm] among the various authors of this blog. I undoubtedly blame PostRank for ... Read more..

Entrepreneurs, Persistence and Impact on the Economy

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices | 15 Comments »

We work everyday with entrepreneurs who are battling on the frontlines of this economy. It seems that as the news gets worse and worse, these entrepreneurs and management teams ... Read more..

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 | 11 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 | 5 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..