The Fundraising Rollercoaster
My wife and I just got back from frolicking around LA with our four young kids for a week with, of course, stops in Disneyland and Knots Berry Farm. Interspersed between rides and bathroom stops, I was on the phone helping a handful of companies that we have funded in the Promus Ventures community raise addit
Conviction Is a Two-Way Street
Conviction is a two-way street. Without it, investors and founding teams will not succeed, and both groups are searching for it in each other.
The “Hard” in Hardware
So the world is now flocking to hear the music of hardware startups. Kickstarter is rockin’ with all types of makers testing the market for prototype demand and feedback. The press is full of flowing prose for founding teams that are “taking the offline online” and creating “the internet of things.” I