Posted on: July 14, 2011 by Connie Loizos
Many entrepreneurs privately disparage venture capitalists as egoistic, autocratic, and increasingly unnecessary. Not serial entrepreneur Mike McCue. He believes in VC. Case in point: McCue’s newest startup, Flipboard, a 20-month-old iPad application that transforms social media feeds into an elegant, print-like magazine. Though the Palo Alto-based company has yet to develop a business model — [...]
Tags: Danny Rimer, Evan Doll, Flipboard, Index Ventures, John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins, Mike McCue, Paper Software
Posted on: April 11, 2011 by Lawrence J. Aragon
If your grad school was the only determining factor in getting onto Forbes magazine’s Midas List of top venture capitalists, which school should you attend?
A.) Harvard Business School
B.) Stanford Business School
C.) None
According to an analysis of the Midas List by James Newell, a senior associate at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), the answer is B – Stanford.
Tags: Brad Feld, Danny Rimer, Harvard Business School, Marc Andreessen, Midas List, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Ron Conway, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania
