I’m trying to purge the word "deal" from my lexicon – at least as it relates to investments (i.e., companies are not a "deal", it’s an "investment opportunity"; the actual transaction itself is still fair game). I’m amazed how often the term comes up in the venture industry. To me it seems somehow demeaning and way too generic. Entrepreneurs who put their heart and sole into a company don’t need to hear us talk about their companies like they’re a commodity. If you’re a VC reading this, try it for a day and see how often the word comes up . . . and how difficult it is to stop using it…
Archives / September, 2008
Linking around
A few things that might be of interest. Foundry announced our latest investment – Pie Digital. Pie has created an "IT department in a box". Brad jokes that he’ll no longer have to provide tech support for his parents. My dad is literally a rocket scientist, so I can’t exactly make that claim, but like Jason (see his post here), I’m looking forward to their product rolling out. You can read the Foundry post here. I sat down with BusinessWeek’s Spencer Ante to talk about the Denver/Boulder tech scene. I liked Spencer a lot – very amiable and obviously knowledgeable about technology. Here’s the article. Want to know what you’re start-up’s worth? Here’s a site that says it can predict…