OnlyOnce: How to Negotiate a Term Sheet with a VC (Updated) Freshwater venture: Investor. Bob is the Godfather (in the good sense) of the local technology investors.
He's funded, advised, founded or run more companies than we'll ever profile. That includes Intellext (Al Wasserberger), VHT (Brian Balduf), ShowingTime (Scott Woodard), Katabat Corporation (Eric Antonow, Dave Sidwell), Advanced Diamond Technologies, Arryx, Merge Heathcare, MEDX, Sivox, OrthoScan, Genix Therapeutics, Bias Power, Capital Growth, Exadigm. He founded budget motel chain Sixpence Inns which was acquired by Motel 6. As part of a telecom venture, he was guarded by warlords as he set up earth stations in Siberia. He's also been involved in the following funds: Kettle Partners (Mark Achler), K-B Partners (Keith Bank), Crestview Capital, Dunrath Partners, Ceres Venture Fund, Artesian Capital.
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Mobile Monday London 14 Jan 2007. Tonight's theme was bubble 2.0 and is the mobile/tech space overheated?
Azeem Azhar of Reuters had little to say other than cite Library House findings that reckons startup & series A funding in Europe was £24m in 2005 & already 84m in UK in 2006. He did suggest in response to a question on non-execs that they should be forced to invest; not receive any salary and paid in options. Whilst I endorse the sentiment, entrepreneurs have to recognise that if they want talented individuals to assist, not all not execs will be attracted to these terms of trade! Sam Sethi of Vecosys pointed out the mismatch between entrepreneurs who only need small amounts of capital and VCs who are only interested in big deals in order that they can invest the huge sums they've raised.
Sam picked on a skills gap as being a real issue in the space presently. Jan Kuczynski of Wireless World Forum had nothing to say & spent 5 mins saying so. The evening's Demos were by: Labels: momolondon newsvinereddit 1 Comments: Technofile Europe. Fred Destin. Howard Schultz, Vinod Khosla and other top investors are sharing their best startup ideas.
And they're willing to give a collective $100 million to the entrepreneurs who can make them happen. (Business 2.0) -- Asking venture capitalists for great startup ideas is a little like asking Curt Schilling what pitch he's going to throw next. When we posed the question to dozens of VCs and investors around the country, more than a few indignantly shot back, "Are you out of your mind? " But after some friendly prodding from our reporters, a surprising number of them couldn't help but start jawing about companies they would love to build - if only the right people could be found to perfect the technologies or the business plans and make them seem possible.
The result is this list of 20 tantalizing business ideas, ranging from a host of new websites and applications to next-generation power sources and a luxury housing development. Amadeus Capital Partners - Homepage. Ventureblogs - A List of Venture Capital Blogs. Capital Homepage. Woodside Fund helps entrepreneurs build sustainable ventures.