A while back I spoke to my friend Jeff Bone in an interview entitled The Technology Entrepreneur, I encourage you to read it if you haven’t, so you can get a feel for who Jeff is and why we think he’s a genius! Jeff had promised to talk to me again and get a bit [...]
Angels, Incubators, Venture Capital and Crowdfunding…
Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, Interviews, Mark Wallace Tagged With: angel investing, Entrepreneurism, entreprenuer, Jeff Bone, Private Equity, private placements, social media, Social Networking, startups, technology, venture capital
A Natural Born Business Builder
Mark and I have made no secret of our investing in a technology incubator. We first mentioned why we like incubators, we then interviewed founder and tech wonk Dan Faiman, and recently I spoke with Donald Danks, who is a partner in the firm and an integral part of management to speak to us about [...]
Filed Under: Angel/Venture Investing, Chris Tell, Entrepreneurship Tagged With: Archetype, Dan Faiman, Fanattac, management, mobile apps, Private Equity, social media, Start ups, technology incubator
Tech Geekery – Part II
We’re digging a bit deeper today with Dan Faiman, CEO of a music industry-targeted start-up, and a partner in a new incubator targeting the mobile app space. Despite what some think, Dan doesn’t agree that tech is in a bubble, and he tells us why towards the end of the interview. He also talks about [...]
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The Technology Entrepreneur
Technology will save us. OK, maybe that’s a stretch… or maybe it isn’t. I had the pleasure recently of meeting Jeff Bone. Jeff is a long-time technology entrepreneur and visionary. My friend who introduced us made the comment that “Jeff is always the smartest person in the room.” I quickly found out how true that [...]
Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, Interviews, Mark Wallace Tagged With: angel investing, Entrepreneurism, entreprenuer, Jeff Bone, social media, Social Networking, startups, technology
Serial Optimism and Technology
I’m an optimist overall. Despite war, famine and inequality globally, it’s hard to argue that we have not improved our lot over the millenia. I talked about this in my post The Manufacture of Virtue, where I said that, “Despite my occasional tendencies to play out the worst-case scenarios in my head, I am pragmatic, [...]
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Japan – A Budget to be Proud Of!
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you some terrific news – Direct to you from the BOJ… “Beloved citizens, “On the 24th of December, 2011 the Japanese Cabinet approved a draft budget for the 2012 fiscal year. The numbers reveal that we, Japan, have proved once and for all that those opinionated morons over at [...]
Filed Under: Capitalist Viewpoints, Chris Tell, Current Affairs/Politics Tagged With: Bonds, Budget deficits, debt, Japan, Japanese pension funds, JGB's, Masaaki Shirakawa, Short selling JGB's, social media
