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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Thank you. (if

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

But just because you could see them everywhere doesn't make them an obvious venture bet--nor does it tell the story of how the round even came to be. That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring. Jerry was a great guy and his love of retail investing kind of stuck with me.