Gazzang Capitalizes on Big Data Security, Reports Record 2012

January 10, 2013 – Press Release

Gazzang, the Linux data security company, today announced the company recently completed its strongest quarter to-date. Year-end sales for Gazzang grew more than 4x from 2011 to 2012. Also during 2012, Gazzang strengthened its big data security product portfolio, expanded its go-to-market channels, and more …

CES 2013

CES 2013 ended last week, setting records for exhibitors, space and attendance.   More than 3,250 exhibitors were spread out over 1.92M square feet.  More than 150,000 attended including 35,000 international visitors from 170 countries.  Long lines most places for trains, taxis and coffee.
The overall attendance was roughly the same as …

SMU COXtoday article – EMBA Students Compete in Business Plan Competition

Fall 2012 – Graduate Programs
Each year, Executive MBA students participate in an entrepreneurship course in which they are required to create a business plan.  This year, four teams were selected for the annual EMBA Business Plan Competition.  Michael Segrest and John Adler of Silver Creek Ventures, a venture capital firm, …

Dallas Business Journal – Nimbix Seeks Super Computer Funds

Nimbix seeks super computer funds
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012, 5:00am CDT
 
In the 1960s, Sam Wyly became rich through a Dallas company, University Computing, that allowed businesses to essentially rent the use of computers, much like they paid for power from electric utilities.
 
Nearly a half-century later, another Dallas startup is borrowing …

Pivot3 Announces $23M Funding Press Release

Led by Samsung Ventures, round will be used to finance growth phase expansion
Austin, Texas – February 8, 2012 – Pivot3®, Inc., the leading provider of unified storage and compute appliances, today announced the closing of a $23 million round of new equity financing, which will principally be used to fund …

CES 2012

CES 2012 set records for exhibitors, space and attendance.   More than 3100 exhibitors were spread out over 1.8M square feet.  A record 153,000 attended including 34,000 international visitors.
2012 began the same as the 2011 show – the crowd was huge and crawling over all the major booths on the show …

The Rear-View Mirror

 
One of the skills of good executives is pattern-recognition, formed through experience. When it’s working, a single event triggers a chain of experience that leads to an experience backed decision. 
A recent week was filled with face-to-face meetings with startup companies.  The best teams had done their homework and research on …

Entrepreneur Research

If you’re an experienced entrepreneur, investor or limited partner, please skip this posting as you’ll find it obvious.
What’s not obvious is a number of company founders and startups don’t research companies they are considering for investment. Today, I read another email about how we are the perfect investor for …

The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

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 expectations between …

The Business Plan

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 more information …

Springtime For Startups (D CEO, Jan. 2012)

The Top 10 Reasons Startups Fail (From Squidoo)

Venture Capital (From Wikipedia)

The National Venture Capital Association

WBT Showcase 2010 – Six Minute Presentation