(follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bussgang) A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson posted a presentation he delivered on What Makes the NYC Start-Up Scene Special. I was inspired to deliver a similar presentation today to a group of Harvard Business... Full story...
I've been blogging for five years about the start-up, innovation economy and I almost never write about politics.
Here's the video from the talk I gave at HBS on what makes the Boston start-up scene special.
I find the preponderance of males in VC an annoying and stubborn phenomenon. When I first entered the start-up game as an entrepreneur in the mid 1990s, I didn't think much of the "VC gender gap" as there were plenty.
President Obama's compelling healthcare speech last night made the case for acting now. In a follow-up email that he sent to millions, he urged action to finally address this pressing issue, positing that we are "closer now than we have.
When I was at Harvard Business School (HBS) in the early 1990s, entrepreneurship was an afterthought.
Even though I graduated from college (gasp) 18 years ago, I still think about the school season as my annual planning cycle rather than the calendar year.
One of the things I continue to struggle with as a VC is the unfortunate fact that I am in the business of saying "no" all the time.
VCs have an unfair advantage when it comes to financings. They simply have more experience doing deals.
With the 4th of July approaching, the unofficial summer is about to begin. In almost every board meeting with portfolio companies and other entrepreneurs who are raising money, I'm hearing the same refrain: "The VCs are about to shut down.