FinTech Silicon ValleyDavid Hornik is a General Partner at August Capital where he invests in consumer and enterprise software and services. He has worked closely with startups for the last 20 years. Prior to joining August, David was a litigator at...
I caught up with Jeff Clavier, Founding Partner SofttechVC @NVCA Venturescape 2015. He spoke about their new partner Andy McLoughlin, from Huddle fame who is already closing deals & how he really enjoys working with him.
Nancy Hayes, CoFounder Moolahoop spoke to us @LAUNCH Festival 2015. She was one of the nonpanelists @NoPanels Summer 2014 & an entrepreneur she spoke with received investment in his startup as a result of that conversation.
Alex Tew, Founder Calm.com spoke to us @LAUNCH2015 about how he is helping us to meditate
Here is a mashup of all the fabulous people & talks @LAUNCH2015
We covered the Red Carpet opening nite of Cinequest 2015. Â This is the interview with ‘BatKid Begins’Â Video interview with Dana Nachman, Director ‘Batkid Begins’ & Kurt Kuenne, CoWriter/Sound Designer & Don Hardy, Dir...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins talks about Women Entrepreneurs. There’s not enough women in venture capital today & that’s part of the problem. Venture capital tends to be clubby in the sense that you tend to have confidence...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins talks about European Startups & Incubators, Â The truth is that innovation is distributed around the planet, wherever there are smart people and that’s everywhere. Innovation is just part of the...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins talks about Business Models: I can’t imagine divorcing my values & principles from my work. Â Business in the final analysis is simply a tool by which we achieve some good. Â We achieve good for our...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins spent his youth working in the public sector & nonprofit sector. He was raised in a house where he learnt to buy low & sell high really well: he was a good businessman. He fought all those instincts to...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins speaks about venture capital @Investors Circle Spring Forum. Â As much as the individuals @KPCB may be mission driven, they have to marry mission to outsize returns. Scale is a very important part of what he has...
Randy Komisar, Partner KPCB speaks about Scale @Investors Circle Spring Forum. Everything in our business schools, trade press & investment communities suggest that Scale is the only thing worth investing in. He feels that is a huge mistake. He...
I interviewed Robert Yearsley, CEO/CoFounder Collusion, a fellow Aussie @Silicon Valley Crowdfunding Conference. At the time they were the most successful Kickstarter campaign to come out of Australia. He spoke about how they managed to do that...
I met Jeff Axup, CEO Sense6 @Wearables World Demo Day & was very impressed with their service Sense6 is producing beautiful smart-jewelry for personal safety. The product looks like real fashion jewelry, but it has a hidden feature which lets a...
We covered AdTech San Francisco & Ryan Holmes, CEO HootSuite gave a fabulous talk on social media.  We learnt heaps & video of the talk is below. Also below is a mashup of AdTech San Francisco.  There were some amazing demos & sights...
Interview with Adam Rackoff, Producer/Director Matthew Modine’s Full Metal Jacket Diary @Cinequest 2014. Â Adam spoke about how he had approached Matthew Modine to create an Apple itune app for his diary that he kept whilst making Stanley...
