The first article of my VCFAQ column ran in TechJournalSouth this week. Although the paper-based column allows me to go deeper on topics I might just touch here, I hope VCFAQ, like FVB, can also be a place to share questions and answers from the venture game. Enjoy and let me know your comments/questions… Let’s [...]
Florida Venture Blog
by Dan Rua…just a VC, living vicariously thru entrepreneurs…
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Apr 21
Florida Posts 2nd Fastest Tech Job Growth in the US
The AeA just announced the results of their Cyberstates 2006 report and Florida had an impressive showing. Some fun stats include: 265,500 high-tech workers (4th nationwide) 19,800 high-tech establishments (3rd nationwide) $11B high-tech exports, 1/3 of all FL exports (3rd nationwide) 3rd nationwide for telecom services, communications equipment and engineering services employment I expect these [...]
Apr 18
Enter the IOS Matrix
I’ve shared some fun web mashups before, but they grow/improve daily. John Musser over at ProgrammableWeb has built a terrific resource site on Web 2.0 as a Platform — or, as I see it, the coming Internet Operating System (IOS) — and your mind goes hyphy on what is possible. Although Web 2.0 is often [...]
Apr 10
VC Champions of the World
With all the Championship hoopla of late, wouldn’t it be fun if there was a monster venture fund bracket and a battle to the death to crown a venture capital Champion? Well, there is, kind of. UNC’s Venture Capital Investment Competition includes over 50 student venture capital teams from across the world. They battle through [...]
Apr 06
Dream Big
The Gators did it — going from unranked preseason to NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champions. According to Sophomore star and sound-bite machine Joakim Noah, it feels so good he can smell it and taste it. Defensive whiz and my pick for future NBA scoring force Corey Brewer (and multiple teammates) commented that this is something [...]
