Marc Averitt, a venture capitalists at Okapi Ventures in Orange County, makes the case today that venture capital is a safe haven from the turmoil on Wall Street. I am very excited about the prospects of venture capital as an asset class. More specifically, I think now is an ideal time to be in early-stage [...]
Those who went through the dot com bomb and subsequent “Internet nuclear winter”might be getting a feeling of deja vu right about now, from the latest hand wringing over how startups will fare and how the financial markets might affect the high tech business. It seems — at least based some of the folks I [...]
A few people have recently asked me for some hints and tips on how to best use our database to find their next job. Whether they’re just looking for the next big thing, aren’t happy with their existing job, because they’re moving, or their startup is on shaky ground, we find there are quite a [...]
Are web startups finally paying attention to the economy? Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com and oft-cited and followed technology pundit, just emailed out to his email list an email titled “(The) Startup Depression.” Calacanis says: It’s my believe that the economic downturn will be much worse than it is today, and that 50-80% of the [...]
I was recently talking with the CEO of a high tech startup here, and he asked me — why did I bother covering Southern California companies? Why not go big and focus on all startups, only cutting edge Web 2.0 startups/etc., Silicon Valley, etc? Why not write more articles about Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Why [...]
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I’ve recently been pondering the myth of “the Big Idea” — the belief that if you come up with an earth-shattering idea, you can rule the world. It’s the idea of a better mousetrap, an idea for a widget, the idea for a better startup. Unfortunately, it’s just that, a myth. I used to have [...]
John Greathouse, a partner at Rincon Venture Partners, and also an experienced executive with lots of experience dealing with corporate investors, shares his tips on dealing with corporate investors in a piece in our Insights and Opinions section today. In How Entrepreneurs Can Get The Love Without A Bear Hug, John goes into great detail [...]
Marc Averitt, over at OCVC, just posted the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA’s) video on venture capital innovation — the group’s 11 minute-long promo for the venture capital industry and innovation. I suspect (given the wealth of production talent here in Southern California) that there are many reading this would could create a much more [...]
As many of you might know, we have had a LinkedIn group for socalTECH premium members for some time. We’ve recently decided to open up the group to anyone who is a fan or a part of the Southern California technology community. So if you’re interested, click in over to our LinkedIn Group for socalTECH. [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
