Monthly Archives: October 2009

Thomas Friedman talks about education…

By admin | Published: October 28, 2009

Here is an excerpt from a Thomas Friedman column that is particularly relevant to why the experiential aspects of the NVC and hands-on entrepreneurship learning the right vehicle to help equip students for jobs in an information age. Full column is available here. Most relevant section is excerpted and pasted directly below… A Washington lawyer friend [...]

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A Quick Video Tour of How to Use Google Analytics

By admin | Published: October 23, 2009

This short video from Google explains how to set goals in Google Analytics to track how well your online efforts are paying off. Great tool for any business with a web presence.

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How a Financial Analyst Sees Technology Trends

By admin | Published: October 23, 2009

Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker gives an excellent macro Internet presentation at Web 2.0 Summit each year. Content is analyst oriented, but you’re eyes should get big around slide 29 entitled “8 Key Mobile Internet Themes.” Worthy of spending time looking at the way the world is headed. Mary Meeker’s Internet Presentation 2009

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Josh Klein Gives a Personal Account of Innovation

By admin | Published: October 18, 2009

This video from the 4th Business Innovation Factory Summit is Josh’s story about how he was innovative about his creative work. His account shows the power of collaboration is in the people. It’s also nice to be first to a new platform!

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Lessons From Incubator 2.0 from Dave McClure

By admin | Published: October 18, 2009

Dave McClure shared this presentation with some lessons about start-ups incubators. The presentation is slides only, but worth a look. Some good information about the development cycle and the metrics that are important to young companies (keep clicking past the intro slides). The contextual blog post can be found here. Incubator 2.0: A Silicon Valley Success [...]

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Mint.com’s CEO Aaron Patzer’s Presentation on Startups

By admin | Published: October 11, 2009

I jacked this content straight from a Tech Crunch article. In a nutshell, “If you are an aspiring startup entrepreneur, you’ll want to watch that more than a few times. The candid disclosures and advice he gives is rarely seen in Silicon Valley.” Now that Mint has been acquired by Intuit for a tidy sum, [...]

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Kleiner’s Beth Seidenberg: Five Metrics for Venture Success

By admin | Published: October 9, 2009

Beth Seidenberg of Kleiner Perkins gives a five minute intro about what she and the VCs at Kleiner see as important factors when evaluating the business. The entire podcast is also available. Description: “How do investors gauge whether a company is one from a pool of thousands worth their resources? KPCB partner Beth Seidenberg shares her [...]

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RMVCA Event on 10/7: Investing in 2009, The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

By admin | Published: October 6, 2009

This is the info for the RMVCA (Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association) Angel event in Denver on Wednesday. Email Nanette Schunk at nanette@rockymountainvca.com to register. The event is from 5:30 to 7 at the Oxford Theater (in the Oxford Hotel – 1600 17th Street). John May is the featured speaker. It sound be a good [...]