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Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
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 Startup panel discussion This SVASE panel discussion held Thu Aug 7 2008 at Wilson-Sonsini in Palo Alto, delved into the question of what types of startups are attracting funding, and why.
What types of startups are getting funded? – Consumer? Technology? Social? Wireless? or what?
- What are the most attractive markets – 5 million free members to the next Flagr/Fligr/Flikr, or the Fortune 500?
- What are VCs looking for from startup teams – management, management, management?
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What are VCs looking for in startup exits – a long term company, partnership, acquisition, or a quick flip to Google?
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What happened to the IPO?
- What business models are working, or not?
- What do VCs want to know about you – funding pitch-KISS, the technology, patentable IP, the market, or ?
The Panel:
- John C. Occhipinti, Managing Director, Woodside Fund
- Carol Sands, Founder and Managing Member of The Halo Funds
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Daniel Joensen, Deal Screening Committee, Band of Angels
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Anthony Lee, General Partner, Altos Ventures
- Moderator: Wes Rose, Senior Vice President, The Brenner Group
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
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 Always On Summit at Stanford 2008 Tech Startups Entrepreneurship This discussion panel was moderated by Ted Want, a partner from Fenwick and West. Participating were:
Jeff Hirsch, Pres and CEO of Revenue Science; a behavioral targeting specialists working with online advertisers.
David Kidder, CEO of Clickable, which simplifies AdSense-style ad placement for online advertisers.
Jason Glickman, CEO or Tremor Media, one of the leading ad networks and pioneers in video-insert ads (their technology is called QDO).
Jayent Kadambi, CEO of YuMe; Broadband Video Ad Network for publishers; CPM-driven.
Amiad Solomon, CEO of Peer39, a semantic advertising firm. They deliver ad placements are based upon the meaning of the content pages in their content network.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
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 Always On Summit at Stanford 2008 Tech Startups Entrepreneurship Goldspot Media: Replacement as technology for broadcast television on mobile - maps to targeted demographics of subscribers on mobile phones.
inTouch: mobile 'iBrowse' platform brings quality browsing experience, content to 2G mobile phones.
iBeatYou: using star power to build a fun, interactive video social networking site.
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Friday, March 07, 2008 |
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 Xirrus Wi-Fi Access Point and Switch I had the opportunity to meet with Xirrus today to get a look at their 8 and 16 radio enterprise Wi-Fi access products, which have the switching and management system integrated right into the ceiling-mount access points.
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Friday, February 01, 2008 |
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[note 5/26/08: the original version of this article will also be posted in pdf format, later this week as our content migrates over from our old site]
Steve takes a look at a first class, large-scale Silicon Valley startup incubator
118 startup companies and a data center in 177,000 sq feet
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