My wife Tina and I had the pleasure of honoring Sharon Allen, Chairman of the Board of Deloitte, as she received the Legacy of Leading award from her alma mater, the University of Idaho. Sharon’s accolades are numerous and well deserved, but I wanted to touch on some highlights so more people can understand her remarkable [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Idaho’
Mar
08
Jan
18
5 More Minutes with Eric Hansen
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 [...]
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 [...]
Apr
05
Idaho: Plant Innovation Seeds Now For Tomorrow’s Growth
As I was reading one of the Idaho Statesman’s recent articles about Micron’s latest round of layoffs, I was struck by the reaction of one of our legislators. This particular gentleman was quoted as saying “It’s a shock. I’ve been through three or four of these. You think you see things that show we’re hitting [...]