Articles in the Blog Category

On Google’s Broadband for Communities Project
Posted in Blog on 1 April 2010

Google’s deadline for responses to the Broadband for Communities Project passed March 26th. Over 1000 municipalities responded throughout the USA http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/. They will announce the finalist communities by the end of the year. Recently, a discussion started during coffee at CTIA – will they actually build it?

On CES
Posted in Blog on 27 January 2010

CES in brief, long-hand version also available.

The Life and Death of a Trade Show
Posted in Blog on 5 January 2010

From technical birth to death at the hands of live music acts, what can investors and entrepreneurs learn about an industry at a trade show…

On Reconnaissance
Posted in Blog on 5 January 2010

Venture capital is best practiced in the field, not in the office. An investor can’t sit behind the desk and read business plans, analysts’ reports, news etc. and make good investment decisions. A great place to meet…

The Business Plan
Posted in Blog on 4 May 2009

by John Adler
There are three forms of a start-up business plan, an executive summary, a presentation and the business plan itself. Each serves a unique purpose.
1) The Executive Summary. The summary should include the relevant points of the proposal, and be interesting enough to encourage a potential investor to seek …

The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
Posted in Blog on 3 May 2009

by John Adler
Simply stated, the Entrepreneur’s Dilemma is how to strike a balance between an exciting plan and one that is practicable.  This idea applies to the plan in its entirety as well as the constituent parts.  Failure to negotiate the razors-edge of the dilemma leads to dull or unrealistic …