Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? Of course we can’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. What micro VCs need to consider is what happens when several of your companies want to grow and require VC financing? Or when the economy turns downward and they all need financing extensions? That’s awesome.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick. Did we miss something?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In a study conducted by Cambridge Associates, researchers found that the real failure rate hasn’t gone above 60% since 2001. For Tom Patterson, CEO of the men’s underwear startup Tommy John , disrupting a saturated industry meant solving problems people came to believe they just had to live with. “In Challenge 2: Unsustainable Funds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

In the United Kingdom and Europe, government innovation programs have helped entrepreneurs close higher numbers of Series A and B rounds. Since the pandemic disrupted the social rhythms of work and school, many of us have compensated by changing our relationship to digital media. Image Credits: Acquia.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Or worse yet they may never get financed. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs.

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