Venture Capital

The last time I went to talk with venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , I spent more time ogling his museum of NASA Apollo gear than I did talking about his startup investments.Read Full Story

Click below to Play Click here to download the mp3 Click here to download the whitepaper Click here to subscribe on iTunes. Click here for the RSS feed (non iTunes) Click here for the show archive Brian Hirsch, a longtime venture capitalist and the Managing Partner at Tribeca Venture Partners , opens up about the mind of a VC, what investors are thinking and how to approach them. During the process, he reveals some surprising information about what VCs are really looking for...Read Full Story

Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Eddy Shalev, managing partner at Genesis Partners, talks about the Israeli venture-capital culture and investment strategy in startups. Shalev speaks with Courtney Donohoe on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

E-Book Details Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes offers unparalleled insights into the funding and management of companies like YouTube, Zappos, Twitter, Starent, Facebook, and Groupon. The venture capitalists profiled—among the best in the business— also reveal how they identify promising markets, products, and entrepreneurs. Author Tarang Shah, a venture capital professional himself, interviews rising VC stars, Internet and software...Read Full Story

 History was made and a precedent was set this past weekend at Stanford University in Silicon Valley. The  Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University , or the d.school presented their inaugural  hackathon  called HACK.d. It was the first time that an educational institution completely opened up its website code to be re-imagined by its constituents. The objective was to use the existing d.school website and core content as both a platform and an inspirational tool to build new...Read Full Story

Jeffrey Allen ( ir@globalcrossroadscapital.com ) has sent you this article.   Pentagon turns to Silicon Valley for leads Fri Oct 14 21:10:59 UTC 2011 * VCs help the government tap into startup technology * Program almost dragged Solyndra into DOD orbit By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - When the Department of Defense decided it needed a device that could detect heartbeats from hundreds of feet away, it didn't know where to look. So...Read Full Story

Another venture capitalist with a penchant for collecting old technology: Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His focus? Gear from NASA's Apollo era.Read Full Story