Posts Tagged ‘Hummer Winblad’

Venture Capitalists at Work – Part 2

by Scott Edward Walker on July 31st, 2012

INTRODUCTION

This is part 2 of my series on Venture Capitalists at Work, which is a solid collection of interviews by Tarang Shah of certain highly-successful investors.  Below are some more nuggets for entrepreneurs; and, in case you missed it, you can check out part 1 here.  Cheers, Scott

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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Ann Winblad

by Scott Edward Walker on July 25th, 2012

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”  Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.  This week, we present Ann Winblad, the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

In this brief clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Ann discusses the importance of startups identifying and testing its core assumptions.  Indeed, this is a critical point that many founders overlook.  I hope you enjoy it.  Many thanks, Scott

Venture Capitalists at Work – Part 1

by Scott Edward Walker on June 26th, 2012

INTRODUCTION

I just finished reading the book Venture Capitalists at Work, which is a  collection of solid interviews by Tarang Shah of certain highly-successful investors.  I have set forth below some nuggets for entrepreneurs.  This is part one of a three-part series.  I hope  entrepreneurs find a few of the quotes helpful and get a better understanding of how VC’s think.  Thanks, Scott

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