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Comment on Note to editors: Venture Capital is not the same as Private Equity by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:35:00 +0000

PE firms do invest pension fund money, as well. However, pension funds such as CalPERS are very very heavy investors in venture capital.

Comment on Note to editors: Venture Capital is not the same as Private Equity by Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:09:00 +0000

Aren’t #4 switched? Don’t PE firms invest pension fund money?

Comment on Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, and geography lessons by Benjamin Kuo's Blog » Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, and geography … | Silcon Group

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:04:47 +0000

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Comment on True customer loyalty: a tattoo by Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:05:00 +0000

I’ll consider a SoCalTech tatt when I see a (verified) pic of yours!

Comment on Mini Sand Hill Road – LAVA’s Meet The VCs by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:06:00 +0000

Hi Benjamin. I’m a co-founder of a company in Silicon Valley called myJoblinx, a startup developing the next generation of social recruiting solutions on Facebook. We were one of the handful companies selected to attend LAVA’s Meet the VCs event. I’m looking forward to it and I do appreciate your recommendation. All the best.

Comment on 5 Tips for Rabid CEOs When Dealing With The Press by Mark Douglas

Mark Douglas — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:43:00 +0000

Ben,

It’s very simple. You write stories as if their fact but you don’t fact check. There’s nothing rabid about that. The conversation Ben is referring to is the following:

From: Mark Douglas
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:57:16 -0400
To: “Benjamin F. Kuo”
Subject: Re: You’re Always Wrong

I meant what I said and don’t write me again. My email was a one way conversation.

Mark

From: “Benjamin F. Kuo”
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:52:29 -0400
To: Mark Douglas
Subject: Re: You’re Always Wrong

Mark,

I’ll ignore those first few letters. Respectfully, I’d love to cover you– we’re very supportive of the Southern California technology community and have a very close relationship with many of your investors. On this story, we had to go with what was available in the reg filings due to time constraints, but if there is any information we’ve gotten wrong please correct us as we’d like to get the story straight. We’d even love to do a Q&A at some point.

Thank you,

Benjamin Kuo

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Mark Douglas wrote:
Benjamin,

WTF. You’ve never written anything accurate about SteelHouse.

Mark

Comment on Why Anonymity Is Good by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:06:00 +0000

Appreciate the comments, the point on the radio personality is a good one, too…

Comment on Why Anonymity Is Good by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:36:00 +0000

This has given me something truly new to think about. I can’t say that often. I think you’re right that there is just no way to be judged on your thoughts alone–by ALL readers–if they see your picture or know your background. I won’t try to say when and where that’s a good or bad thing, but it’s true and it’s worth considering as more of our lives move online.

Ever find a picture of a radio personality for the first time? Didn’t that change things?

Comment on Why Anonymity Is Good by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:23:00 +0000

Thanks for the comments.

Comment on Why Anonymity Is Good by Theresa Dreike

Theresa Dreike — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:44:00 +0000

Thank you for your commentary, Ben. We don’t see this point of view often anymore. People are most often saying its about transparency and then authenticity. Transparency totally blows anonymity. However, authenticity can shine through even when someone prefers to be anonymous.