The Changing World of Angel Investing

I read two interesting posts on angel investing this morning.  The first, by David Cohen over on Colorado Startups blog: Do you believe in Angel Investing?  And the second by Jeff Cornwall over on The Entrepreneurial Mind Blog:  Are Angels Changing Their Strategy?

As a recipient of angel funds earlier in my career and [...]

2007 Camry – Tough Competition

I am not part of audience Toyota targets with the Camry.  In fact, I’m not in the demographic that Toyota targets with any product in their portfolio.  That has not kept me from admiring the slick engineering in Toyotas, though, nor the company’s ability to continually gain market share worldwide by creating vehicles that are well-built and offer a good [...]

Your 15 Minutes of Fame

I just ran across Jeff Bussgang’s post titled, VCs Blink.  Jeff’s post discusses how Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink, relates to the world of venture capital.  Specifically, Jeff talks about how VCs blink all the time – they frequently make intuitive and fast decisions about what investments to make and what teams to back.  From his [...]

Show Me the Money

I’m not a venture capitalist, but because I do some investing and work with several VCs finding and evaluating deals, I get to see a lot of  plans and have the chance to meet many people working on new ventures. In the last year, the volume of plans that I’ve seen and entrepreneurs I’ve [...]