Philanthropic Giving vs. Venture Capital

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices, Venture Capital | 3 Comments »

In my last post, I discussed strategy for charitable giving and promised to add some thoughts on how you can be very strategic about it. Philanthropic giving is much like venture ... Read more..

Time, Treasure and Talent

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices, Venture Capital | 6 Comments »

All of us at Tech Capital are very involved in supporting charitable activities in our community. As a result, I am often asked for advice by those who are trying ... 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..

Power Equations

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 Posted in Venture Capital | 2 Comments »

Recently I was asked to speak at a TechAlliance / Ernst & Young event in London, Ontario about valuations. I was speaking after Bill Armitage who was clear and understandable ... Read more..

SXSW: Experiences and People

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in Opportunity | No Comments »

I recently returned from Austin, Texas where I had spent a week enjoying the interactive portion of SXSW. A short summary of my SXSW Interactive experience and some tips for ... Read more..

Word Clouds: What are they good for?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

Word clouds are a great way to quickly visualize word density in large amounts of text. We've all seen word clouds before but not many people create them for their ... Read more..

Application Development vs. User Apathy

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices | No Comments »

Build something that solves a real problem, make it easy, and people will want to use it. Build something that you think is "cool" and....well, who knows what will happen. ... Read more..

Capital Conservation vs. Business Priorities

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 5 Comments »

By now most everyone, including yours truly, has seen the Sequoia 56 slide missive on the current state of the VC market: R.I.P Good Times And you probably have seen: Ron Conway: ... Read more..

Six tips for smooth acquisitions

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | No Comments »

In my last post I discussed exits and ended by stating we tell our companies: “build the company on the assumption it will go public but recognize that a strategic ... Read more..