My start up was featured in a major news magazine. So I show up at a holiday party, magazine in hand and feeling good, only to have cold water splashed on me when I tried to explain social networking to the relatives. ‘But why would anyone… Read More »
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I lost $50,000 on a start up that was supposed to cure dislexia through visual computer learning. Instead, in a controlled study, it gave the subjects erections! Every computing or Internet business seems somehow related to sex. Founders’ Lesson #4: Your job is to grock it. Then… Read More »
My second day at Oracle I noticed almost everyone in the boardroom had a class ring with a beaver on it. I said: ‘Did everyone here go to Oregon State?’ I was met by an angry chorus of ‘MIT! MIT!’ Founders’ Lesson #3: Know thy audience. Read More »
During a VC presentation I demonstrated an address book feature in our product. I forgot that every VC we were talking with was in it. A list of all our potential investors went up in big letters. It helped us get the funding. Why posture? Honesty is… Read More »
“My business partner comes from banking, not tech. So we have this big meeting with a company in Palo Alto. I get too technical in my pitch and the CEO says: “Hang on, let me get our Chief Architect.” When they come back my partner says: “I… Read More »
Founded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is among the oldest firms in the industry. Among it’s portfolio of companies funded at the start up stage are Cascade, CIENA, Chipcom , NetGenesis , Parametric Technology, Sonus , Stratus Computer, Sybase, Vignette. Those and dozens more have gone… Read More »
PacketExchange is the leading Application Sensitive delivery platform offering a faster, safer and more reliable alternative to the public Internet. Customers in with Interactive Applications such as Social Networking, MMO Gaming, Software as a Service (SaaS) join a network of trusted partners including Broadband ISPs… Read More »
