Jeffrey Bussgang confesses at the onset of his new book, Mastering the VC Game, that venture capital was “never in my life plan,” and that “VC” as a business has traditionally not been as attractive for the entrepreneur because after all, “What budding entrepreneur would volunteer to play Robin instead of Batman?” Nevertheless, Bussgang, a [...]
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Mastering the VC Game, by Jeffrey Bussgang
Posted in venture capital on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Venture Capital Discussion at Vilna Shul – Perspectives on 2009, 2010 and beyond
Posted in venture capital on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I attended the Vilna Shul Speakers Series panel discussion on “Venture Capitalists Perspectives on 2009, 2010 and Beyond.” The moderator was Howard Anderson, Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Business, and featured panelists included Elliot Katzman of Commonwealth Capital Partners, Jeff Fagnan of Atlas Ventures, Jonathan Seelig of Globespan Partners, [...]
R.I.P. 2009: Circuit City, Geocities, SiCortex
Posted in DEC, IBM, Sun, venture capital on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rest in Peace Circuit City, Geocities, and SiCortex.
Venture Capital Conference at Vilna Shul, Boston
Posted in venture capital on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, Wednesday, Jan. 14, I and over fifty other people braved a bitter-cold evening to attend the annual Venture Capital panel discussion at the historic Vilna Shul synagogue on Boston’s Beacon Hill. The panel topic was: “Boston-area Venture Capital: Looking Back on 2008 and Looking Forward to 2009.”
Harry Hoagland, George H.W. Bush and CAMCO
Posted in venture capital, tagged American Research and Development Corp., CAMCO, George H.W. Bush, Zapata Offshore on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Harry Hoagland was a pioneer in venture capital, as he was at other fields, because he worked hard to exploit opportunities, even in the face of resistance from others.
Georges Doriot, Henry Hoagland, and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Posted in venture capital, tagged atomic energy, Atomic Energy Commission, David Lilienthal, George Doriot, VC, venture capital on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
General Georges Doriot is the “Father of Venture Capital.”
DEC Co-Founder Publishes Memoir
For more information on "Learn, Earn & Return: My Life As A Computer Pioneer" see: www.locustpress.com.-
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