While in Portland, Oregon this week Startup Trek TV interviewed Professor Rob Wiltbank, one of the top authorities in the US on the subject of Angel investing. In addition to teaching Entrepreneurship at Willamette University in Salem OR, Rob is a partner at a Seattle venture capital firm. He has recently raised a $300k Angel investment funds which his entrepreneurship students at Willamette Univ. are in the process of beginning to invest, in $50k chunks. Rob plans to scale this innovative, first-of-type student-managed Angel fund to $5M.
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A visit with Edgardo Nazario of Seattle Video Platform Provider Delve Networks
Startup Trek interviewed Edgardo Nazario, VP of Product Management at Seattle Startup Delve Networks. The startup has developed a first-rate Video Publishing Platform which StartupTrek takes a close look at in this (pending) video.
Delve’s platform is unique in a number of ways. They have built their solution around partnerships with leading CDN (content delivery network) and elastic hosting (cloud computing) partners. As a result, videos hosted on their platform can “scale” in the event of traffic surges and load spikes – a common event with some of their customers, which include the Kansas City Chiefs Football team.
Cal Poly interview with Niites.com founder Dustin Ryen
Orfalea School of Business Student Kaila Anderson of Cal Poly “Business 454″ class, studying entrepreneurship, interviews Niites.com founder Dustin Ryen.
Q: WHAT IS NIITES.com? A: It is a local content website for students, featuring local nightclubs.
Q: WHY ARE CAL POLY STUDENTS CONDUCTING STARTUP INTERVIEWS? A: Startup Trek is the subject of Cal Poly’s “Learn by doing” Entrepreneurship Class, Business 454, this Quarter. More information about the program is available in this Startup Trek article.