Venture Capital

• Asking the right questions…
  Posted by Howard on November 11th, 2006 at 5:03 am, Comments: 1 comment

  Somewhere I have heard that it is very important to ask the right questions (probably my wife Ellen, the retired lawyer). One question that we [...]

• Wallstrip's Friday Chat with Fred Wilson
  Posted by Howard on November 9th, 2006 at 11:47 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  I hope to post the full really cool interview we did with Fred Wilson over the weekend. In the meantime, we have a great internet [...]

• Charles River Venture Gambit – Genius
  Posted by Howard on November 1st, 2006 at 7:36 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  I was doing my third tour of The Blogging Times today and caught that Charles River Ventures is “Spreading Their Seed .” Here is what [...]

• My Dummest Investment Ever – Cars Direct
  Posted by Howard on October 29th, 2006 at 3:08 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  Michael Arrington wrote a piece about his Cars Direct experience and gave it a positive review. This Company needs a lot more than positive reviews [...]

• WOULDA, COULDA , SHOULDA…
  Posted by Howard on October 11th, 2006 at 8:28 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  Josh Kopelman – a hugely successful Venture Capitalist (see blogroll as well) – gave us a look into a REAL life woulda coulda shoulda by [...]

• K.I.S.S. advice for Entrepreneurs – "Make Something People Want"
  Posted by Howard on October 7th, 2006 at 3:54 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  This is timeless advice for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists when it comes to funding and starting businesses: “Make and invest in things that people want.” [...]

• I am addicted to TechMeme – Today's Viral Buzz concerns VENTURE CAPITAL – is it over?
  Posted by Howard on October 7th, 2006 at 2:07 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  I love TechMeme. It has all the news I want with just enough gossip and bias to make it real. If there is news in [...]

• Business Models – The trend in "Domino rally " plans.
  Posted by Howard on September 23rd, 2006 at 5:02 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  Venture dude Josh Kopelman offers up some insight and strong advice when building and evaulation business models. Here is his big concern: Today, as a [...]

• YouTube stays in the news – we all owe them a debt of gratitude
  Posted by Howard on September 21st, 2006 at 8:49 am, Comments: No comments yet

  The NY Post is live with a YouTube story. Seems like the Company will only consider a $1.5 billion price tag. The blogosphere will be [...]

• Crowds are stupid – I am sick of the "Wisdom of Crowds" ideas and Web 4.48 funding continues unabated.
  Posted by Howard on September 19th, 2006 at 6:24 pm, Comments: 6 comments

  Crowds are stupid! They are loud, sweaty, smelly, will trample you at the drop of a hat and should be followed with extreme caution. Crowds [...]

• Seeking Alpha – I am famous!
  Posted by Howard on September 12th, 2006 at 12:29 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  My snarky post about the Yahoo partnership was picked up by Seeking Alpha . Yawner for traffic again :) . They sandwiched my skeptical post [...]

• The big bad on-line video trend – tough to say something so new is old?
  Posted by Howard on September 11th, 2006 at 11:11 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  Trader Mike (of all people :) ) just sent me a great link to a new Video site. I love this post on the brief [...]

• Seeking Alpha Partners with Yahoo – Yawn
  Posted by Howard on September 11th, 2006 at 8:59 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  One of the good things about having a venture capitalist behind your idea is the networking relationships and the IN’S with big players like Yahoo [...]

• Lindzon – 5 click weekend mash-up for the Markets….
  Posted by Howard on September 3rd, 2006 at 7:13 am, Comments: 1 comment

  The markets have had a nice little rally the last few months. If strength continues I am looking for large caps and healthcare to continue [...]

• Mistakes – " I've made a few" – JUST THIS WEEK!
  Posted by Howard on August 30th, 2006 at 5:58 am, Comments: 6 comments

  My behavior the last week brings to mind the old line from Airplane I love so much – “I picked a bad week to quit [...]