by Larry Scheinfeld | Jul 3, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Charities have recently come under attack for running like multimillion companies who get tax breaks to boot. According to critics, nonprofits are behaving like VCs by funding and investing in up-and-coming startups. Biotech startup investments work best for these...
by Larry Scheinfeld | May 22, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Jim Balsillie, co-founder of Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Ltd), found that wealth from ideas is not something Canada is currently equipped for. The need to build a proper infrastructure to aid entrepreneurs globally is where the secret lays. Policies currently...
by Larry Scheinfeld | Apr 1, 2015 | Technology, Venture Capital
Twitter Ventures (TV), Twitter’s VC arm, has appeared on a list of investors in Cyanogen, a mobile operating system startup. The modestly-sized technology company, has thrown its hat into the venture capitalism ring alongside tech giants Google, Intel and Qualcomm....
by Larry Scheinfeld | Feb 1, 2015 | Venture Capital
While there’s no shortage of venture capital conferences in the US, five stand out in the first half of 2015. These events feature famous speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities, wine-tastings, golf, and much more. The 4th Annual Superinvestor U.S. 2015...
by Larry Scheinfeld | Nov 13, 2014 | Technology, Venture Capital
Reliving the Old Days I don’t mean to bring up bad memories, but who here was around in 2000? Remember that? Y2K was a thing of the past but so too were hundreds of companies who just couldn’t survive the sudden nosedive in the tech market. It seemed the lucky ones...