On Tuesday night, one of my childhood dreams came true. I performed side by side with professional actors in a theater on 50th and Broadway in New York City.
But that was not the most exciting part of the night.
The best part was the satisfaction of a return on my investment. I had put hours into organizing...
Source: www.businessinsider.com by Deborah A. Farrington on 7/22/11
The 2011 Forbes Midas List ranked the top 100 venture capitalists based on M&A and IPO exits.
As one of the two women included on this year’s list, it was disappointing to see that only two had made the...
Source: www.efinancialnews.com by Shanny Basar on 8/2/11
Cynthia Ringo and Nancy Pfund are succeeding in a testosterone-filled world by committing to do more than just make money for their investments. Out of 462 venture capital firms in the US, only their company -- San Francisco-based DBL Investors -- is run just by...
Two deservedly well-regarded investors, Fred Wilson and Brad Feld, have written about why they think start-ups do not need a marketing budget. Both are deliberately a little controversial. Fred Wilson writes, for instance, that: “I believe that marketing is what you do when your product or service sucks or when you make so much profit on every marginal customer that it would be crazy to not spend a bit of that...
The “entrepreneur” is, to many, a mysterious beast surrounded by myths and legends. This book, edited by Techstars founders David Cohen and Brad Feld, seeks to share some of the secret juice that makes for a successful entrepreneur. If, like me, you expect this book to be like Founders At Work (FAW), edited by Y-Combinator’s Jessica Livinsgton, it would be only partially true. FAW contains interviews...
