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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How do you spend time with the entrepreneurs? Brad: They come to us and we go to them; we spend a lot of time together. I think it’s really us developing that relationship with them. We made an investment recently in a company called Sifteo, I’m
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 9)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Jeff: The one thing that we have going for us is that we do see so many patterns and so many deals and teams. We’ve done so many experiments – eighty-two, in my case, over six years – and seen what’s successful and what’s unsuccessful. Each deal
Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Fred van den Bosch, CEO Of Librato (Part 3)
In this part of the interview with Fred van den Bosch, Sramana explores the topic of integration in the cloud.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder And Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 8)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you require the people to have senior executive experience? Jeff: No. Half of my entrepreneurs are first-time entrepreneurs. The youngest entrepreneur I’ve backed was nineteen, and he had already done three companies. I think the oldest entrepreneur I’ve backed was fifty-five.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Have you ever thought about what could make your deal flow more efficient? Brad: I like the chaos. I like the randomness of it. I have plenty of interactions with people. I try to learn at least one thing in every interaction. We’re very focused on
Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 7)
By guest author Tony Scott Global Challenges to India’s Dominance in Outsourcing – Is China a Threat? Tony: I am interested to know your opinion on how this will shake out in the future. You have the perspective of working within both non-Indian and Indian outsourcing companies –what is your take on all this? Vivek:
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 7)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you think about the return you would like to have over a certain period? Jeff: I don’t really think about the term in terms of time because you can’t force exits, you can’t precipitate things. You can’t say, “Hey, I want this performance over this
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Let’s talk about your deal flow. Where do you get your deals from? Brad: They come from all over the place. I think a chunk of them come from people who we already either know or have an existing relationship with, who we’ve worked with before.
