New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-12-18 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-12-11 N… http://ht.ly/1avFnY #
Congrats @realinnoblue! Social Entrepreneurship Takes Root In Happy Valley – http://goo.gl/IuyZO #
Pittsburgh Ventures "Ask The VC" – Venture Backed v. Self-Funded | Pittsburgh Ventures http://bit.ly/eyxQ7Y #
New PghVentures Post Ask The VC – Venture Backed v. Self-Funded [...]
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Early last year I read Richard Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (it was Book #6 in my 2010 list of 50) at the urging of Matt Humphrey.
This is an older book that has been with us since 1983, and to say the book has been influential in the time since its publication [...]
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Well, now it’s official – Amazon has finally broken a tiny crack in the tough outer shell of their Kindle, a nearly microscopic one… the BIG news about allowing lending your Kindle eBooks from one device to another is official.
The upshot is that I can now choose to make the eBooks that I [...]
Another installment of Ask The VC, and yet another question from our friend, Paul Merrill:
dpaulmerrill: @aveeck also, given equal $, which more likely to be profitable sooner – venture or self-funded?
In theory, there should be no difference between how long it takes for a venture-backed startup and another startup, backed with founder’s or friends-and-family money, [...]
New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-12-11 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-12-04 N… http://ht.ly/1ap6Ud #
Not in time for Christmas… rats! Clearer Pictures Of Motorola Tablet Surface – http://goo.gl/Gb8Hq #
Congrats to @NewsyTweets for Honorable Mention! Top 10 Web Products of 2010 http://rww.to/gcWqPz #
Sorry I am late to the party… When [...]
I put out the request for questions two days ago, and quickly got a handful that I will be responding to over the course of the next week. Please keep them coming!
The first question is from Paul Merrill on Twitter: ”dpaulmerrill: @aveeck is there anyway a founder can actually keep controlling interest in his comp [...]
I have had more than a couple friends ask me the difference between venture capital and private equity.
Venture capital (VC) is on one end of a spectrum of investments that are broadly known as private equity (PE). Breaking down the term “private equity”, these are EQUITY investments (stock ownership in companies), not debt or other [...]
I had a good friend recommend that I start an “Ask The VC” series of posts on Pittsburgh Ventures, modeled after the very successful, but somewhat retired, Ask The VC blog run by the guys from the Foundry Group out in Boulder, CO. So I am going to give it a shot.
I have been in [...]
New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-12-04 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-11-27 N… http://ht.ly/1aivIN #
Book #46 The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay | LibraryThing http://bit.ly/gTauvM #
In Pictures: 20 Million-Dollar Businesses You've Never Heard Of IN PGH! – Deeplocal – Forbes.com – http://goo.gl/oCu9k #
Big Patent Firm Sues Nine Tech Firms [...]
New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-11-27 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-11-20 R… http://ht.ly/1abtJK #
Book #45 – a holiday obsession: Watson's – the Play of the Hand at Bridge | LibraryThing http://bit.ly/dZbybS #
This won't be on my list – The Lost Art of Reading – By David L. Ulin – NYTimes.com [...]