Despite what has been a marked uptick in consumer facing startups over the past couple years, it’s not altogether often that e-tailers make it into VentureWire.  If memory serves, 1-800Diapers.com was the last that graced its e-letter.  So I was interested to read the scoop yesterday that a shopping site called MyShape received $2 […]

Wheat field - (Mornico Losana, 26 Jun 2006), orginally uploaded by Simone Merli
I’ve often heard seasoned venture capitalists refer to a kind of informal screening process for new deals. It goes like this:

If I hear about a new, interesting company once, I’ll mentally “log” it
If I hear about a company […]

The Funky Team, originally uploaded by jacq77
Yesterday, The Boston Globe ran an article on reknowned business strategist Michael Porter’s latest healthcare riffs.  Porter, who is perhaps best known as a Harvard Business School professor and co-founder of Monitor Group, and lesser known as #1 on the Thinkers 50 list (beating out Bill Gates for […]

Psychoanalist [sic], originally uploaded by DarthLen
I’ll never forget Mitch Mumma of Intersouth telling an assembled group of newly initiated venture capitalists that a degree in psychology would probably be a stronger indicator of success in the industry than a degree in economics. One’s ability to intuit the capabilities of a […]

 Texas Flag on Fire Truck Grill, originally uploaded by jehinote
I’ll be trekking to Austin next Friday for my first SXSW conference.  Do let me know if you’re attending and interested in meeting up. 
I’ve been glancing through the agenda and caught the following: “Don’t need no VC when you’ve got a […]

Goldilocks and the 3 Pups, originally uploaded by *Tiny Dancer*
I heard a clever dictum from an entrepreneur this past week.  He said, ”I like to call it the Goldilocks experience - not too hard, not too easy.”  Got me thinking about what should be a “Goldilocks experience.”  After all, in the media business it […]