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Financial Technology Panel this Wednesday in NYC

I hope you'll join us at: The Power of "Social," Venture Capital & Financial Engineering: How Tech Startups Are Challenging The Titans of Finance  6:00 pm, Wednesday, 5/16/12, General Assembly Co-sponsored by Harvard Asian American [...continue reading]

Washington, DC May 24: HBS Angels/VCs and Creating Portfolio Company Value

I hope you can join me in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 24, 2012, 5:30 PM To 8:30 PM for a talk and event sponsored by the HBS Club of Washington, DC.  RSVP required; No money can be taken at door As I've previously blogged, I will soon [...continue reading]

OCE Discovery Conference in Toronto, May 14th – 15th

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Next week I'll be traveling up to Toronto to speak at the country’s best trade show and conference Discovery 12 ("best" according to some awards the program has received).  I've been asked to talk about best practices in deal origination, and why [...continue reading]

Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

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We are in the midst of two great disruptions to American business: the internet’s ongoing disruption of most traditional industries: finance, healthcare, retail, finance, fashion, etc. the shift of America to a majority minority country by [...continue reading]

More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

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As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. * The [...continue reading]

TSL Capital Reformation and Crowdfunding Forum, May 17, NYC

I will be speaking at the TSL Capital Reformation and Crowdfunding Forum, NYC, 8:30am - 4pm, on Thursday, May 17th.  I’m interested in this topic both because of our investment in Indiegogo, and more broadly because of the impact of crowdfunding [...continue reading]