“None of us smart enough to call the bottom in financials or any other industry,” says Gary W. Parr, vice chairman at independent investment bank Lazard. Noting the value to investors of structuring deals for a few years of protection before converting to common, Parr says he’s seen funds change ...

When times get tough, investors need to answer a few key questions: which industries are most attractive for investment? What deal structures are investors choosing? Where are sellers’ expectations?

In this podcast, although there was some consensus around the prediction that deal flow in the U.S. will drop below the impressive ...

It started with an innocuous audio interview with the then-President of the Products and Technology Group at SAP AG, Shai Agassi. Then came Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, sitting at a table with an umbrella. It wasn’t long before Scoble introduced us to Thomas Hawk (investment advisor by day, ...

Jared Youtsey a senior developer from Configuresoft and Warren Wilbee, a Microsoft Architect Evangelist sit down and discuss how to utilize Microsoft’s WorkFlow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation for building workflow enabled service oriented solutions. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building ...

From the 2007 Office 2.0 Conference, Sean Wise moderates a panel consisting of Sam Angus (partner, Fenwick & West), Jeff Clavier (managing director, SoftTech VC), Jai Das (investment partner, SAP Ventures), M.R. Rangaswami (founder, Sand Hill Group) and Gordon Ritter (general partner, Emergence ...

Proto.in is a bi-annual event in India that showcases technology start-up companies and innovative products.

Organised by The Knowledge Foundation, a national network of entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts, the second edition will see participation from 23 startup companies carefully chosen from a list of 120 nominations. Each startup will get ...

In the second part of our conversation, Kaval Kaur talks about how Virsa got funded and how they built the company. What tips and advice does Kaval offer for entrepreneurs?

Kaval Kaur is a co-founder of SUFI, an incubator and angel investment company with offices in the USA and India. Kaval and her husband Jasveer co-founded Virsa, which was later acquired by SAP for a few hundred million dollars. Virsa is part of SAP’s Governance, Risk ...

LinkedIn founder and angel investor Reid Hoffman talks with Mercury News venture capital reporter Connie Loizos about where he sees the social networking space headed, as well as his investment strategy these days.

Bill Tai, general partner at Charles River Ventures, gives an update on the success of CRV Quickstart, a unique financing vehicle that Charles River announced last Fall that attracted a lot of interest in the entrepreneurial community. Bill talks about the trends in VC investing that make smaller, earlier stage ...

The amount of funding received by tech start-ups in India appears to be shrinking if we go by some recent investments. Moveo Systems recently received a new round of angel funding from undisclosed investors. Ziva software, a mobile search company, received about $1.5 million from Nadathur ...

Utah venture capital and angel investment success is not limited to the Salt Lake Valley. Focusing on matching up investors and early-stage entrepreneurs, Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum chairman Steve Grizzell discusses UVEF’s origins and successes. A 20-year veteran in entrepreneurship, finance, innovation and economic development, Grizzell observes while ...

Online movie rentals are turning out to be a big business in India. This may not be that surprising, considering the sheer volume of movies produced in India each year, but it still represents a lot of money, and a lot of potential for growth.

All that potential is what ...

Media- and entertainment-related funding appears to be the trend with angel investors. Recently, MadHouse Media, a movie rental start-up, received their first round of investment from angel investors. The investors included the Band of Angels, Mumbai Angels and some private investors.

Dr. Kumar Shiralagi joined NEA IndoUS Fund which ...

Food and entertainment are two strong consumer markets in India and Matrix Partners India appears to have honed in on this burgeoning market. Chinese food is the second most popular cuisine in India and recently Yo!China, a Chinese restaurant chain, received $10 million in funding from Matrix Partners ...

TiE Delhi’s annual conference, TiEcon 2006, was held on the 26th-28th October. The conference theme was ‘Entrepreneurship: The DNA of Growth’ and the event was a meeting ground for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, industry leaders etc. Besides the main conference sessions, the agenda also included networking sessions, interest specific ...

That familiar term IPO is making a comeback in India. Info Edge India Pvt Ltd opened its Initial Public Offering for subscription from today through November 2, 2006. Info Edge owns properties like Naukri.com, a job search portal; JeevanSaathi.com, a matchmaking portal and 99acres.com, a real estate ...

At Demo in Los Angeles, PodTech CEO and Founder John Furrier had a chance to speak with Howard Lee Morgan and Joshua Kopelman, two prominent early-stage venture capitalists from First Round Capital. Although Josh is now deeply involved in the world of venture capital, the Half.com founder still has a sharp eye that betrays his entrepreneurial drive.

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Bud Colligan and Mike Boich interview Ron Conway, ‘uber angel’ investor in Silicon Valley. He is most recognized for his investments in Google, Ask Jeeves, and Brightmail. In the PodSummit™ podcast, Conway comments on what he seeks in a startup technology investment and about his ...

Bud Colligan and Mike Boich interview Ron Conway, ‘uber angel’ investor in Silicon Valley. He is most recognized for his investments in Google, Ask Jeeves, and Brightmail. In the PodSummit™ podcast, Conway comments on what he seeks in a startup technology investment and about his best and worst investments.

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PodTech Announces Premier of PodSummit™

PodSummit™ Showcases Leaders of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

MENLO PARK, CA (April 20, 2006) PodTech, a media company dedicated to podcasting and ...

PodTech announces today a new brand and InfoTalk Series called PodSummit. PodSummit is PodTech’s first third party podcast since the company announced the formation of its InfoTalk™ Network of media properties in March 2006. Under the PodSummit™ ...