UPDATE: The Webcarzz beta is now available for you to try out! From the team:
I wanted to let you know that you can post the link to http://beta.webcarzz.com on your blog anytime you’d like now. Mind you, the game has not reached any sort of critical mass and requires additional players online while you’re playing [...]
Rule #7225: “When you contact a founder, and he and his assistant pronounce his name very differently, be suspicious; if you proceed, allow twice as much time for due diligence efforts.”
Just a funny one; no real moral here except to remember that personal branding is important…
There is an intriguing article in last week’s issue of Forbes Magazine – Venture Capital’s Coming Collapse – an excerpt:
The venture capital industry is staring at the most vicious shakeout in its history. Returns are pathetic for most funds, the public offering pipeline on which venture depends for its exit strategy is clamped shut, and [...]
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Rule #6396: “Immediately PASS on any deals in which the founder starts their introductory email with the phrase, ‘You may recognize my name…’”
We have seen plenty of deals cross our desk with well-known founders – former startup successes that we know, technology heroes, even one from THE Ashton Kutcher (I didn’t [...]
Webcarzz, our portfolio company that is building an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) car design/racing game to cater to boys aged 6-12 is giving away a limited number of beta codes to users, young and old alike, who would like to get a look at the game during closed beta. If you are interested, you can [...]
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We got a cold email inbound (translation: a request for funding, via email, from someone we don’t know and who wasn’t introduced to us by someone we know) today from a founder trying to convince us to fund his company that makes surfing the web easier.
Rule #4759: “Beware any founder [...]
Happy New Year to all 46 of you have added us to your feed reader… we really appreciate you following this blog!
This year I am going to resolve to post on some instructional topics concerning the structure of private equity – how we at Meakem Becker look at potential investments, the internal workings of our [...]