Back in November, 2009, I posted a blog entitled “5 Minutes with Eric Hansen of August Ventures.” Well, another firm raised their hand and claimed the name, so instead of fighting about it, Eric did the smart thing and changed the name of the firm to Portas Ventures. The investment thesis and ideas are the [...]
Archive for the ‘VC’ Category
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Nov
09
5 Minutes with Eric Hansen of August Ventures
We have a new venture capital firm in Boise – August Ventures and it’s run by Eric Hansen. Eric and I met back in the early 1990′s at a semiconductor capital equipment company located in Boise called SCP Global Technologies. I had the pleasure of working closely with Eric over 10+ years and respect his [...]
Jul
05
Utah Fund of Funds
A few weeks ago, the Utah Fund of Funds had their annual meeting in Park City. During the presentation, the Fund presented some very compelling statistics regarding the change they have been able to enact. Of the venture capital and private equity funds the Fund of Funds has invested in (total of $100M invested to [...]
Jun
30
Treat Your CEOs Like Children (Your Own)
You might get the feeling from the title of this post that you’re about to read a glib post about how VCs should treat their CEOs like kids. Just the opposite in fact. Recently, I received a phone call from one my CEOs. He had a particularly difficult problem that he was trying to sort [...]
Jun
15
The Truth Behind VCs And Entrepreneurs?
Below are two slideshows that have been making their way around the web, one aimed at venture capitalists and the other at founders/entrepreneurs. Sometimes the truth can be humorous and painful. VC Non Admissions View more Microsoft Word documents from vcobserver. Founder Non-Admissions View more OpenOffice presentations from Chris Yeh. This should provide some good [...]