Last night was a big night for the participants in FastTrac. They graduated. It was a pretty big deal for some of the companies. Folks even asked to bring along their SO, kids, and parents. One of the goals of FastTrac was to enable entrepreneurs to develop an effective elevator pitch and investor presentation. The […]

Tonight at FastTrac the topic was identifying funding and working with investors. Charles put together a panel that included Stephen Fleming who is the Chief Commercialization Officer at Georgia Tech, Dave Unsworth from RBC Ventures, Fred Sturgis of HIG Ventures, and Jim Stratigos from Jacket Micro Devices. Great panel that led to an entertaining evening. […]

Charles River Ventures announced the launch of their QuickStart program today. From the site: CRV has created an innovative program to eliminate these issues and help entrepreneurs get up and running quickly – the CRV QuickStart Seed Funding Program. CRV QuickStart provides select entrepreneurs with a loan to fund the work needed to build out […]

Union Square Ventures has been doing in interesting string of posts on its blog about early stage investing. A must read series for any entrepreneur on the hunt for money. The most post recent concerns deal size. In a nutshell, deal sizes are getting smaller due to capital efficiency. Kudos to Fred for opening the […]