January 2011
5 posts
Summer in VC with SoftBank Capital
We are looking to hire one MBA and one undergrad to join SoftBank Capital for eight weeks this summer as paid interns in our office in Newton, MA. Our fund is focused on entrepreneurs building socially-driven apps, services and content that are accessible across platforms and devices. We have been making early stage investments since 1995 in companies such as Yahoo!, E*Trade, GSI Commerce, The...
Passing with Entrepreneurs
I had a great conversation last night with Rob Go from NextView Ventures and successful serial entrepreneur Wayne Chang, a welcome addition to the Boston angel scene. We were talking about investing strategy and the topic of passing on investments came up. The biggest downside of being an investor, which is an otherwise amazing role, is turning down entrepreneurs. We pass on 99% of the...
I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For... →
As a lifelong fan of burgers, I’ve fulfilled a dream of investing in a related business, sort of. We are thrilled to participate in the global growth of the Cheezburger Network, which Ben Huh has built into one of the leading humor sites on the web in just a few years.
WatchThe Avett Brothers pick up the pace on their latest release, Kick Drum Heart.