I am attending Henry’s “Startup 09″ conference in lower Manhattan today, and the first thing I’d like to report is that Alley Insider has done a fantastic job of orchestrating the debut of a first-rate, high level technology industry business conference. Thanks to Henry Blodget (CEO of Business Insider, Julie Hansen (COO) and the rest [...]
Interviewing innovative tech startups
Category Archives: Tech Finance
Frank Quattrone of Qatalyst gives startups M&A advice
Frank Quattrone moderated a panel of three startups, with the premise being he would give each of them his sought-after M&A advice. Quattrone recently co-founded a new tech M&A investment advisory firm Qatalyst.
The startups were:
Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP Sulake. Sulake – a social networking and virtual world play.
Lance Tokuda, CEO RockYou – a social [...]
Credit Suisse Bankers courting Silicon Valley
Investment Banking star Frank Quattrone may be getting all the press with the launch of his new tech investment banking firm Quatalyst . But Quatrone’s former firm Credit Suisse is quitely making a renewed foray into silicon valley, investing face time in building business relationships with local entrepreneurs, business executives, and vc’s. I attended a [...]
Panel discusses state of venture investing in midst of financial turmoil, frozen IPO
This Churchill Club panel met at Dinah’s Poolside Cafe/Hotel April 23 2008 for a breakfast panel discussion of the state of venture investing almost half way into 2008.
The backdrop, of course, being an essentially closed IPO market, a buyer’s M&A market, soaring oil prices, a second quarter of weakening consumer spending, and of course US [...]
Apple, with a little help from KP, opens iPhone to developers
Today Apple went beyond opening up the iPhone to software developers with the expected software developer kit (SDK).
They also announced MS-Exchange Compatibility by licensing ActiveSync technology from Microsoft.
The third major component of this announcement was provided by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins, who announced the establishment of a $100M “iFund”, dedicated to companies developing iPhone [...]
What’s hot in venture capital investing during 2008?
{mosimage}I attended this interesting panel discussion session Thursday Jan 10. It was organized by the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, held at the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich campus in Palo Alto, and attended by about 130 local entrepreneurs and business people. The panel discussion was moderated by Mark Albertson, Executive Producer of Tech Closeup TV, and the [...]