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Head of original programming, Tom Sly, on YouTube's original programming strategy

by Bambi Francisco Roizen - May 23, 2012
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Resist the urge: Do not just game-wash your pitches

by Krystal Peak, May 2, 2012 | Comments

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Just as most companies have recently added social layers, gamification is now another building tool

While most of the day was focused on how to take gamification elements and fold them into any business dealing with human interaction, we couldn't close out the event without hearing from VCs that help fund these companies. So just before we called it a badge-tastic day, Vator Spark invited three VCs to share their insight on gamification and what ...

Morgenthaler's Rebecca Lynn talks to Bambi Francisco

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 18, 2012 | Comments

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VC partner taking venture investing in stride; sees Facebook IPO closer to $100B than $50B

In the last year, venture capitalists poured $28.4 billion into 3,673 deals, up 22% in dollar terms from the prior year. It was the third highest amount deployed in the last 10 years. Internet-specific companies saw a 68% jump in investments to $6.9 billion in 997 deals. It was the highest level of Internet investment over the last decade, according ...

How to get funded by August Capital's David Hornik

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 16, 2012 | Comments

	Calling all 'awesome' entrepreneurs with original ideas in the 'awesome' space David Hornik, a partner at August Capital, is one of those likeable guys with an uncanny ability to say what's on his mind and get away with it. That's why we love having him as our Late Night host during our Splash events. Even though David could be the first VC to turn in his term sheets for scripts and ...
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How to get funded by Morgenthaler's Rebecca Lynn

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 11, 2012 | Comments

	VC partner sits down with Bambi Francisco to share her investment philosophy There are very few venture partners in Silicon Valley who are women, making Rebecca Lynn, a partner at Morgenthaler, a rare breed. Recently, I got to sit down with Lynn to talk about her investment philosophy and the types of companies she invests in.
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David Hornik predicts no big bubble bursting in VC land

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 10, 2012 | Comments

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Why it's all about having 'realistic' expectations; why Facebook will IPO at closer to $100B vs $50B

I've been through the Internet bubble and know what a stomach-turner that time was. In late 1999, you could almost sense it was coming too, given the investment-banking-pumping machine that kept spitting IPOs out as though they were on some sort of assembly line, and the day-trading, mom-and-pop lemmings who grabbed them as quickly as they came off because, well, ...

Foundation Capital's plan to find the next Zuckerberg

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, March 29, 2012 | Comments

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Partner Paul Holland talks to Bambi Francisco about the Young Entrepreneurs Program

When Vator launched in 2007, our thesis was that there would be more entrepreneurs and more investors looking at the private market as a viable asset class to invest in. Fueling this rise in entrepreneurship is this entrepreneurial spirit and mindset sweeping through colleges, fertile ground to find some of the best ideas and tomorrow's leaders. I was one of ...

Behind AmEx's digital commerce start-up initiative

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, March 22, 2012 | Comments

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Managing Partner Harshul Sanghi sits down with Bambi Francisco

It's been about 4-1/2 months since American Express launched its Digital Commerce initiative, a new program designed to invest $100 million in start-ups focused on digital commerce. I recently sat down with Harshul Sanghi, Managing Partner at American Express Ventures, who heads up the Enterprise Growth Group, a new unit to expand mobile and online payment services beyond the credit-card ...

What does DFJ Frontier look to invest in?

by Reena A Jadhav, February 25, 2012 | Comments

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Reena Jadhav speaks to VC David Cremin at Vator Splash LA

Reena Jadhav interviews David Cremin at Vator Splash on where he sees the opportunity for transformation. DFJ Frontier focuses on the earliest stages of a company's formation process. Typically, DFJ Frontier will invest $50,000 to $1 million. So, if you're looking for early rounds of funding, check out this interview with David Cremin Founder and Managing Director, DFJ Frontier, at Vator ...

Apply to Women Innovate Mobile, get $18k, mentorship

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 14, 2012 | Comments

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Interview with co-founder Deborah Jacks on the benefits of this NY-based accelerator for women

It seems there's an incubator or accelerator launching every month across the country. But there's only one accelerator, that I've seen of late, that is focused specifically on women-founded start-ups focused on mobile technology. It's called Women Innovate Mobile. Talk about specific! I caught up with Deborah Jackson, an investor and entrepreneur, who co-founded the program with two other women ...

How to get funded by IDG's Alex Rosen

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 14, 2012 | Comments

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Rosen's job is to sift through a field of 700 to 800 start-ups a year and find gems

Alex Rosen is a partner at IDG Venturs, an early-stage venture capital firm. In this interview, you can learn about Rosen's and IDG's investment philosophy. IDG typically looks at 700 tp 800 start-ups a year and invests between four and 10. These figures are similar to the more established firms (e.g. Morgenthaler has five VC partners and invests in about ...

Bill Lee: Angels produce better returns than VCs

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, January 11, 2012 | Comments

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Angel investor Bill Lee on bubbles, returns and why social gaming, mobile commerce are hot sectors

Here's the second part of the interview with Bill Lee, entrepreneur-turned-angel investor. Lee has invested 30 start-ups over the course of the last 10 years. He's also a limited partner in some venture firms in the Valley. He's accelerated his own angel investments in the last few years because VC investments have been "terrible," he said, adding, "I realized I ...

High valuations not much of a concern for this VC

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 23, 2011 | Comments

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Alex Rosen of IDG Ventures says good companies will do just fine

Some folks are predicting tough times ahead for venture capital fundraising in 2012 or 2013, including yours truly, and more recently by Mark Suster, outspoken entrepreneur-turned VC, whose keynote speech at Vator and Bullpen Capital's last Venture Shift event in NY, was a bit alarming. But not everyone sees the world with dark sunglasses. In my interview with Alex Rosen, partner ...

Turntable eyes virtual goods and record label deals

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 17, 2011 | Comments

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Co-founder Seth Goldstein on how Turntable plans to make money and why record labels are key

It's no secret that it's tough to make money in the music business, especially if you're a start-up trying to get consumers to pay a subscription to your service. In recent years, only Pandora has emerged successful at generating significant sums of revenue across the services that provide music-discovery (a la radio stations) or on-demand music services. And, most of ...

YL Ventures' unique method to early-stage investing

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, July 13, 2011 | Comments

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Invest in startups that can be sold in three years; Shop around before the investment

In this new era of early-stage investing, we're seeing all sorts of models. There's Dave McClure's model of investing in 100 startups annually, in hopes that 20 to 30% will be base hits, not necessarily homeruns. On the opposite side of the investment spectrum is Mike Maples, who limits the number of companies he will invest in, in hopes of ...

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