Tag Archives: VC

Do VCs Get Nanotech?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Startup media site Xconomy (led by my friend Bob Buderi) has an interesting post based on an interview with nanotech pioneer Tim Swager from MIT. Tim’s observations are that, initially, VCs invested in a nano bubble without having a clue about what … Continue reading →

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Founders at Work: The Truth And Myth Of Entrepreneurship

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

My wife ordered Founders at Work from Amazon a while back and then we forgot all about it. The book still hasn’t shown up, so I’m glad Guy Kawasaki did a post to remind us to check what happened with the … Continue reading →

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Scraping Ideas

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

After the Adobe Engage event a few of us grabbed drinks at the Jade Bar. The conversation spanned the gamut from RIA design patterns to magic tricks (thanks to Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering). Many interesting stories were told. … Continue reading →

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Guy Kawasaki: Why Good Strategies Fail

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Guy’s post came on a day when I was engaged in a conversation with two separate startups about the truths and myths of startup strategy. This is what I call the strategy paradox. That is, the same strategies that have … Continue reading →

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Beyond Bootstrapping: The Third Way

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Finding the right trade-off between bootstrapping and raising money early is not easy, in particular if these are the only two available choices. One of the great thing about good entrepreneurs and VCs is that they find ways to create … Continue reading →

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Making Money From the Paradox of Choice

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

In parallel to 3GSM, Ogilvy runs a telco conference in the beautiful Dolce Sitges Hotel, about 35km from Barcelona where the main even is. Sitges is a vacation town for the Barcelonians, a quiet place fit for a more exclusive … Continue reading →

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Tech vs. Life Sciences Investing

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

My partner Alan Crane and I were talking recently about the differences between technology (IT, HW+SW in particular) and life sciences (LS) investing as driven by the inherent differences in the target markets. Two key points rose to the surface: … Continue reading →

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The Attention Battle

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Many virtual worlds, from Club Penguin to Second Life, combine the best of social networking and immersive gaming to create a great user experience. One of the most interesting aspects of the result is that it requires focus (a fact, … Continue reading →

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Monetizing Social Networks

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Simeon Simeonov

The MIT VC Conference is tomorrow. I’m taking part in a panel on monetizing social networking businesses. It promises to be a very interesting discussion, judging by the emails that have been flying between the panelists and the caliber of … Continue reading →

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Of Supercomputers and Contrarian Bets

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Simeon Simeonov

WSJ reports on the launch of SiCortex, a company I’m involved with. Talk about a contrarian bet–to back a “supercomputer” company in the age of Linux clusters and to spend non-trivial amounts of capital on developing sophisticated chips, interconnects and enclosures when everyone else gets … Continue reading →

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