Category Archives: Venture Capital

Well, that didn’t take very long. We were perplexed with the needless hyperbole of Dell’s CFO Brian Gladden when he commented last week that Dell was “kicking out” Blackberry in favor of Dell’s own Venue Pro smartphone running Windows Phone … Continue reading →

Last week we attended an event where aspiring entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas to a group of mentors.  The aspiring entrepreneurs would then take the information from the one on one conversations they had with the mentors, refine their plans, … Continue reading →

Goethe said; “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.” Robert Kennedy said: “Some men see things as they are and say why.  I dream things that never were and say why not.” Last June, we organized a series … Continue reading →

We’ve been following the wireless data, handset, and carrier market for many years.  Research In Motion reported quarterly results last Thursday evening, and announced that they have shipped 12.1 million Blackberry devices into their channel, but added 4.5 million new … Continue reading →

If you want to call yourself a Super Angel, then the entry fee will be $20K per investment, and you will need to do at least one investment per month – or one per week, if you can handle it. … Continue reading →

As a former Wall St. analyst, it’s easy to spot really bad research reports marketed as “investment research”.  The problem is that it’s not as easy for the non-investment layman to recognize bad investment research.  As an entrepreneur, you know … Continue reading →

Several months ago, we began the process of meeting with various local angels, an investment bank, a couple of local VCs, a VC fund focused on Texas ETF companies, as well as numerous startups looking for funding.  Our thesis was … Continue reading →

Twitter this post By Richard Piotrowski CFA Last week, we wrote about whether your startup is focused on discovery and learning, rather than on business plan execution.  We referenced a local startup that has significantly changed its UI four times … Continue reading →