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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. How did the experience of pitching Iron Planet to investors affect you as a VC? (5:00 Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 What gets you interested in a startup? (16:35-19:35).

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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.

At GM, I actually got onto the buyout co-investment team that worked on AMF, the bowling company--so I know more about the retail economics of bowling than most people and I still have a bowling pin deal toy in my apartment. After getting to know Ben from the tech community, he pitched me his concept for a CPG food company.