SVB Financial Group recently hosted a panel discussion titled How Venture Capital Works. The panelists discussed the relationships, decisions, and economics that drive venture capital. The panel included participants representing the three key roles in VC industry dynamics: Bryan Roberts, Ph.D. — Partner with Venrock, a leading venture capital firm Judith Elsea — Co-Founder and [...]
(October 7, 2009) Steve Jurvetson, partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, offers perspective on the market opportunities in innovation and technology. Topics discussed include the necessity for utter market disruption, interdisciplinary solutions (particularly across the “bio-nano” life sciences and engineering), and advice for those interested in working in the venture capital arena. Steve Jurvetson is a [...]
Ron Reed, of Seneca Partners (a venture capital firm), discusses the difference between venture capital and bank funding for start-up companies and what stage is appropriate for each. This program aired on Launching Success, a program hosted by bcVentures, Battle Creek MI.
Monetary Union and Technology Corporate Finance. He is the author of ‘Leveraging Competitive Advantage from the Euro’, published in 1999 by Financial Times Prentice Hall. — About the Publisher Harriman House is one of the world’s leading independent finance and business publishers. A full catalogue and further details may be found at www.harriman-house.com … entrepreneur [...]
companies as they used to go after traditional ones. I think that was a predictable trend, but there’s still not much intersection between private equity and venture capital.” What advice would you give to an entrepreneur looking to raise money? “I suspect that the majority of the seed and early stage deals done by venture [...]
