Kawasaki, Moritz and Graham – Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat in Silicon Valley

At Garage.com’s Revenue Bootcamp this year, Guy Kawasaki (Garage.com), Mike Moritz (Sequoia Capital) and Paul Graham (Y-Combinator) frankly discuss what it takes to make it in a Silicon Valley startup. Required watching for all aspiring entrepreneurs!

From Building 43 website: ”

Two of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists say even the best ideas can be worthless without passion.

In the concluding session of Revenue Bootcamp, two money men – Mike Moritz, Sequoia Capital and Paul Graham, Y Combinator – sat down with Guy Kawasaki, managing director, Garage Technology Ventures to discuss the realities of venture capital funding in the technology industry – and the passion needed to succeed.

The day-long Revenue Bootcamp held July 10, 2009, on the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, Calif., brought together some top-notch experts to share tips, hints, lessons and advice about how to increase traffic with Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing and face-to-face meetings.

This video, “Fireside chat,” is the last in a series recorded during the one-day conference organized by Kawasaki.

GCVA Rocks Oakley!

The GCVA broke new ground with a very entrepreneurial event at the 20th Century Theatre in Oakley. The meeting delivered two startup company presentations, 249Smiles.com and AHL-TECH that are on the trail of their initial funding. Tim Schigel, CEO of ShareThis, keynoted on the magic that entrepreneurs must master to create a successful venture funded company.

Then – the Red Herrings took the stage — 9 Cincinnati entrepreneurs put on a great show with the crowd crying for more. Most importantly, there was a buzz in the air. Venture capitalist actually loosened their ties and entrepreneurs soaked it up. A number of InOneWeekend alumni gathered to celebrate.

“Conversation crystallizes genius!” and the crowd really connected and talked it up. The entertainment is tough to beat – but the GCVA is truly focusing on engaging entrepreneurs and investors to create a more vibrant startup community in the region.

InOneAfternoon with WallStick

Y’all remember the successful InOneWeekend event over the summer of 2008! 100 people, 3 days, 1 company! LifeSpoke.com was created in just a short weekend!

But more importantly, 100 people immersed themselves in the startup process, built a broader network and increased their passion and motivation to start a business. Meredith Holthaus took the InOneWeekend experience and applied it to her own startup idea. Check out Andy’s blog on the InOneAfternoon event!

And to the rest of the IOW alumni and prospects, keep those ideas flowing. If you want to stay involved, let us know (us being the InOneWeekend Czar –Elizabeth Edwards of Neyer Holdings eedwards@neyerholdings.com), and we’ll help you put it together. NKU and UC will be holding mini-IOW events for their entrepreneurship students — if you would like to join in — let me know!Technorati Tags: startup, inoneweekend, entrepreneur

Cincinnati scores at MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum

The MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum visited Cincinnati for its 6th gathering and brought over 300 people to hear keynotes and companies present their ideas and pitches. More than 54 venture firms were represented and at least 9 Cincinnati region companies presented as well. Thanks to all the Cincinnati area sponsors and to Carol Frankenstein of BioStart that recruited the conference to our fair city.

InOneWeekend 2008 Keynote Part 2

Roy Gilbert, Director of Global Operations for Google, kicked off the 2008 InOneWeekend event in Cincinnati! 100 people, 3 days, 1 startup

This video was originally shared on blip.tv by InOneWeekend with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license.

InOneWeekend 2008 Keynote Part 3

Roy Gilbert, Director of Global Operations for Google, kicked off the 2008 InOneWeekend event in Cincinnati! 100 people, 3 days, 1 startup

This video was originally shared on blip.tv by InOneWeekend with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license.

Launch Silicon Valley 2008

Are you a cash strapped company looking for startup money? You might want to consider going to the mother of all venture fairs – Launch Silicon Valley 2008. And why would VC’s and angels want to invest in companies from the Midwest. Well, they probably wouldn’t — but you could make some great contacts, learn a lot about the world of investing, and see what Silicon Valley is really like! Check out the website at http://launchsiliconvalley.org/ And if you think this would work for you, give me a call at CincyTech and we’ll give you feedback on writing your 2 page summary and your pitch!