And the final Small and Special speaker is…
…Joe Mansfield of Engrave Your Tech. Gorgeous moleskine notebook covers with beautiful original designs is what got our attention. The fact that Joe is making a successful business out of this passionate enterprise is what pushed us to invite him to tell his story. Joe and seven other passionate small business founders will be speaking […]
No Need For Me to Blog Anymore
I wrote three posts over the past while: A new definition of “lifestyle business”. The reality of your life as a founder once you take VC Your odds of making money if you take VC Thanks to Rajat for pointing me to this video of DHH giving a talk last year. It’s not that I […]
Given the odds, is taking venture capital the best way to get rich?
The fantasy goes something like this: come up with an idea take venture money align with the VCs to grow the business as best you can with the firm target of an exit hold on to enough equity so that when the exit comes you and the VCs both get rich maybe some of your […]
Carbon Grove Update
On Earth Day in 2008 we launched Carbon Grove — it’s an e-mail reminder service that helps you remember to complete carbon reducing tasks. A little virtual tree grows every time you complete your task. And thanks to our inaugural sponsor, Internet Explorer, over 10,000 people not only grew their virtual trees for at least […]
This Is What I’ve Been Saying…
…albeit I haven’t said it nearly as well as well as Georges van Hoegaerden over at Venture Company. I’ve been saying, by the time many venture funded startups have gone through their rounds of funding, even the founders are lucky to make any money. And that’s in the rare case that they actually make it […]