KMR - 15.09.10 15:27
Matt Murphy manages the iFund at KPCB, a collaborative initiative with Apple focused on funding and building defining applications on the iPhone OS platform and the mobile internet. As a former board observer at Google and serving several companies as a director up to their exits his expertise is in network communications, compute... mehr bei appstory.tv

KMR - 09.09.10 08:29
Zu den rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen von VC-Finanzierungen habe ich einen Artikel in der Sonderausgabe Cleantech 2010 des GoingPublic Magazins veröffentlicht. Der Artikel erklärt Begriffe wie Lock-up, Bad Leaver, Vorerwerbsrecht, Liquidationspräferenz, Verwässerungsschutz, Tag-along, Drag-along und Registration Rights. mehr bei verschmelzungsbericht.de

KMR - 30.08.10 13:46
I am posting this as a MBA Mondays post. But I did not learn this little lesson at business school. I learned it from a very experienced venture capitalist early in my post-MBA career.


I was working on a CEO search for one of our struggling portfolio comapnies. We had a bunch of them. mehr bei avc.com

KMR - 28.08.10 08:46
I often give venture capital firms a hard time. It's partly because with their crummy performance that they deserve it, partly because with their humorlessness and hubris that they need it, and partly because I know more VCs than bankers -- and it's always more fun to fight with people you know than with people you don't. mehr bei paul.kedrosky.com

KMR - 25.08.10 09:51
WeedMaps has gone on a funding tour of Silicon Valley, engaging with high profile venture capital firms like Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson, Oak Investments, True Venture, top tier legal firms and several white-shoe accounting firms.


But for all the Sand Hill rhetoric about creating innovation and fostering disruptive technologies, the general... mehr bei techcrunch.com

KMR - 24.08.10 14:25
Der Content-Marktplatz Contilla (www.contilla.de) bekommt nach Informationen von deutsche-startups.de tatkräftige Unterstützung. DuMont Venture und die Verlagsgruppe Ebner Ulm (”Internet World Business”, “Page”, “Online Marketing Forum”) greifen dem jungen Unternehmen unter die Arme. mehr bei deutsche-startups.de

KMR - 14.08.10 08:23
With more than 200 deals since 2005, Y Combinator’s Paul Graham knows how to size up a young team of entrepreneurs. However, he didn’t get it right from day one.


On Friday, we got a chance to talk to Graham after his morning panel with SV Angel’s Ron Conway. mehr bei techcrunch.com

KMR - 10.08.10 15:40
We've heard a lot about the lack of female entrepreneurs lately, and now we know just how bad it is. According to a study from CB Insights, a whopping 92% of VC-backed founders are men.


CB Insights has published part II of its first Venture Capital Human Capital report, which takes a look at the demographics of entrepreneurs, based on... mehr bei businessinsider.com

KMR - 09.08.10 10:46
Den Begriff Exit Strategie hörst Du spätestes von Venture Capitalists, denen Du Dein Projekt vorstellst. Sie fragen Dich: An wen willst Du Dein Unternehmen (nach 2-5 Jahren) verkaufen? Die Implikation hierbei ist: richte Dein Unternehmen bereits jetzt darauf aus, dass Du es an einen Käufer aus einer Gruppe potentieller Kandidaten verkaufen... mehr bei idee.vc

KMR - 14.07.10 09:39
Despite the fact that the state is constantly teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, California remains at the top of the venture capital heap churning out the most deals with the most dollar volume in the second quarter of 2010.


A new report from private company research firm CB Insights reveals that California companies took more than 50... mehr bei news.cnet.com