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b-side

September 12, 2007 in b-side, information, venture capital

I’ve learned a bit about a very interesting company called b-side over the past few weeks. They’re focusing on, as their tag line describes, “the other side of film”. B-side brings their technology to film festivals around the globe to help poll audiences and create valuable hard data about films. They also [...]

My picks: The best content on the web

July 19, 2007 in Analyst's Edge, Boston sports, Digg, Economist, My picks, Netvibes, RSS, chicago beta, economics, hedge funds, information, politics, venture capital

My buddy Will recently asked me what feeds I subscribe too, so I thought I would post what I pulled together for him here in case anyone else is looking for the good stuff. I subscribe to tons more feeds, but these are the ones I find myself consistently reading. I’ve found myself helping people [...]

LinkedIn IPO?

June 27, 2007 in Chicago GSB, LinkedIn, venture capital

Looks like LinkedIn is lining up an IPO exec team…hoping to hit $100m in revs this year. LinkedIn replaced CEO Reid Hoffman earlier this year as well. Very interesting.
This concept of an IPO team reminds me of Steven Kaplan’s research on the importance of the horse (technology, idea, etc.) or the jockey (management) [...]

Colby in on YouTube via Sequoia Capital XI

June 15, 2007 in Colby College, venture capital

I was just reading through the S-3 filling Google released back in February for their YouTube acquisition and was happy to see that my undergraduate alma mater, Colby College, was an investor in Sequoia Capital XI, the Sequoia fund which invested $11.5m in 05/06 and received 941,027 shares of GOOG as a result of [...]

The Netflix Prize & Aggregate Knowledge

April 10, 2007 in Aggregate Knowledge, netflix, venture capital

I have been learning a bit about the interesting statistical & programming challenges involved in the creation of recommendations, like those produced by Amazon regarding what sort of books, CDs and other products a user may be interested in based on what that user has purchased in the past as well as what other users [...]

The benefits of due diligence

February 27, 2007 in Chicago GSB, NVC, Wikipedia, venture capital

Last night I helped out with the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center’s Fast Pitch Competition. The event was co-sponsored by The GSB, Kellogg, and De Paul and a bunch of my GSB classmates entered with hopes of winning the $5,000 prize. Each entrant in the contest had 3 minutes to pitch to a panel [...]

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