Fun little exercise over on CNN/Money. Get a bunch of VCs, ask them what they are looking for (Steve Krausz, who was one of the funders of PodTech, is there asking for a new kind of video matchmaking site), and see if anyone can put together a business plan to get funded. Email addresses of VC’s provided.
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December 13th, 2006 at 2:37 am
[...] I saw on scoble this ccn money article on ideas the VCs would like to invest in. These investors - which include some of Silicon Valley’s most successful VCs as well as serial entrepreneurs like Steve Case and Howard Schultz are backing their ideas with a collective $100 million in funding to the entrepreneurs who can get them off the ground. [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 9:42 am
This story has been on cnn/money for 2 months…
December 13th, 2006 at 9:56 am
Carlo: stories often resurface on the blogosphere. Recently, Tailrank covered a PC World experiment where a reporter deprived himself from all electronic communications — and it happened in 2003. That didn’t stop people from blogging about it two days ago:
http://tailrank.com/942507/20-Days-Without-a-PC
December 13th, 2006 at 11:03 am
I like your article on how you met your girlfriend on google!! Yes, it is a strange world! Keep Bloggin! Marshall
December 13th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
[...] 20 Smart Companies to Start Now via Scoble link [...]
December 13th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
What Some Top VCs Want To Invest In
CNN Money had some fun asking some top-tier VCs whey they’d like to invest in. Collectively, there was an imaginary $100M on the table. It makes for interesting reading - it’s not often you get a cross section of what’s at the top …
December 13th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
[...] The other source of inspiration for me was through a post by Robert Scoble referencing an article from Business 2.0 Magazine, 20 Smart Companies to Start Now. (Note to CNNMoney.com: get your titles matched up - the article and page titles aren’t quite the same… that’s just sloppy.) In any case, the article is a list of 20 products that various venture capital firms are looking to sponsor. Reading the article is quite interesting, because the ideas cover a range of products and markets. I would, however, suggest having your own ideas for businesses: how many other people are going to read this article and decide they want to develop online spreadsheets? (And who else is already doing that…? *cough* Google *cough* Zoho *cough* etc) However, if you are in a position to develop an ultracapacitor or an “iDrive,” please do. Because I know for a fact that I will not be doing either of those things. [...]
December 14th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
[...] I saw on Scoble’s blog the other day that CNN and Business 2.0 had put together a cool article in which top VCs say what idea they want to fund, how much they’ll write a check for and list their e-mail addresses so entrepreneurs can pitch them. Apparently the article is a couple of months old but for some reason I never caught it. Even considering the age of the piece I still think it is worth discussing. [...]