Archive for July, 2011

Announcing our summer intern class

 
A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital's summer intern class.  We're actively recruiting interns for the fall. 
 
You've already heard from some of them, and you'll be hearing more over the course of the summer. 
 
Franklin Bi

Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship Read More...

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On July 29th, 2011

August 3 panel- How companies are leveraging real time data, content, and analytics

 
I hope you can join me at PluggedIn Ventures' August 3 roundtable, 8:30-10am, focused on "How companies are leveraging real time data, content, and analytics".
 
"Social Technologies and mobile devices mean that words, images, and video now travel faster than the speed of sound, across the street and around the world. And everything from meaningless to Read More...

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On July 28th, 2011

Ultimate Office for Fitness, Post #2—Photos and Coverage

 
We've received a very positive response to our post about creating a fitness-friendly office.  Daily Burn posted some photos, and we thought some additional ones would be interesting. Our intern Matt Fairbank took the photos below.
 
When visitors enter the office, the first thing they see is our portfolio:
 

 
Though most of the office is set up Read More...

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On July 27th, 2011

Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

This is a guest post from our intern Franklin Bi .
 
On Friday morning, I witnessed another volley of shots being fired from New York City at Palo Alto during FinTech Innovation Lab's Inaugural Investor Day. The Lab is a collaboration between the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, with support Read More...

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On July 25th, 2011

New VC/Tech Meetup for Parents of Pre-Teen Kids

 
ff Venture Capital is launching a periodic Meetup for people who work in the innovation community and who are parents of pre-teen children. Our Venture Partner Michael Yavonditte (father of a 2-year-old) and I (girls ages 6, almost 4, and 8 months) are leading this. We envision organizing activities that our kids, partners, and we Read More...

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On July 21st, 2011