As I write this, the President of the United States is taking his place at the front of a joint session of Congress to present his jobs plan for America. A critical speech to a supremely critical audience – the Republican caucus, most certainly, and the American people at large. He will talk about extending [...]
Continue Reading →Last night, 200 intrepid souls took on torrential rain storms to bring warmth and good wishes to our new offices and home of our Studio G program sin Silicon Valley. Dedicated to the startup community in Silicon Valley and around the globe, Studio G is designed to be a high-energy hub servicing entrepreneurs, their mentors and partners [...]
Continue Reading →I admit I’m a bit behind in my reading amidst end of year planning and all this holiday hoopla, so I’m just getting around to reading Sunday’s Wall Street Journal post asking “Should Start-Up Founders Forget About Business Plans?”
The post quotes HubSpot founder and CEO Brian Halligan saying that [...]
Continue Reading →This morning, I kicked off my 24th and last DEMO conference. By the end of the day tomorrow, Venture Beat’s Matt Marshall will be the sole executive producer of the DEMO Conferences and I’ll be on to something new.
History shows that companies created in down economies are just as likely to [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve always known that Josh Kopelman is smart, but his April Fools’ prank, TheUnFunded.com, is brilliant.
Had he wanted to open a dialog on the deteriorating relationship between Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneurs he could not have found a better catalyst. While the site was intended as a joke, its [...]
Continue Reading →When you earn your keep vetting startups, it can come as a shock to hear someone say that the startup landscape isn’t as fully formed as it should be. The volume of companies sprouting up these days feels overwhelming at times. But my conversation with YouNoodle CEO Bob Goodson this morning put [...]
Continue Reading →We were so consumed with all things DEMO last week, that we almost overlooked Sun‘s announcement that it was expanding its “Startup Essentials” program to Canada, France, and Germany. The program gives developers substantial discounts on Sun hardware and software services [...]
Continue Reading →I was speaking yesterday to an as-yet stealth startup and doing what I usually do in these settings: sussing out business synergies and suggesting connections to other startups, investors, or even larger companies.. And again, I found myself asking this company if they’d come across Booking Angel, the Sydney-based startup that opens restaurant and [...]
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