“Where did all my money go”?
I’ve heard this phrase from my friends countless times.
In today’s economy, consumers desire increased visibility of their expenses. There are a few established companies like Intuit (Quicken) and Microsoft (Money) that offer robust consumer money management tools. These products tend to be very complex. For those non-accountants out there that [...]
Let’s start with an intro. I am Aaron Tainter, Alan’s colleague an Associate at Meakem Becker. I have been asked to become a part of this increasingly popular Pittsburgh Ventures blog. Hopefully I will succeed in providing some unique/interesting/candid thoughts relating to things I’m seeing in venture capital and the overall tech industry. Here’s the [...]
Being a big fan of Woody Allen’s early films, it is with hesitation that I present to you this named rule and its follow-on twin.
Image by Arty Smokes via Flickr
Rule #2728: If the founder of a startup reminds you of Woody Allen, run away…
My father-in-law always says that it is too bad that comedy isn’t [...]
Our next installment of Pittsburgh OpenCoffee Club will be held at Alphalab tomorrow morning (Wednesday – 2/11/2009) at 9:00am. Hope to see you there!
What is OpenCoffee Club (OCC)?
The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers, and investors to organize real-world informal meetups to chat, network, and grow. This is a place to meet people, [...]
This rule is now written after a couple interactions with “middlemen” or “deal brokers”. For the most part, our industry works off of the FSBO – “For Sale by Owner” – model. Occassionally, we are passed deals by professional brokers whose job it is to make the market for a startup and later stage company. [...]