Was it almost a year ago that I wrote about Google getting into corporate VC? Well, here they come. Reaction among the blogs I follow has been negative. Fred Wilson has the most cogent take, as usual. I worked in corporate venture capital for years. I was skeptical when I was interviewing for the job […]
VC, entrepreneurism, startup economy
A Dollar’s Worth of Wine, and Three Dollars’ Worth of Bubbles
I had this New Yorker cartoon on my desk in 2002. I felt for that guy. Wait, I was that guy. I totally missed out on the real estate bubble. Well, I bought a house in 2003, so I guess I played a bit role. Eric Janszen has a great article in Harper’s about the […]
Can Corporate VCs Compete?
Techcrunch just reported that Google will be investing $10 million in ‘green’ startups. This set me on a whole train of thought about corporate VC and under what conditions it can compete with standalone VCs. I was once a corporate VC, so this was a subject dear to my heart. The best research I could […]