Venture Voice – interviews with entrepreneurs
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsMuck Rack & Shorty Awards cofounder/CEO Greg Galant interviews the world's best entrepreneurs and creators, including the founders of LinkedIn, The Vanguard Group, Yelp, Brooklyn Brewery, Trello, Twitter and Stack Overflow.
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VV Show #15 - Launching Companies at DEMO Conference
September 28, 2005 01:00Download the MP3. You might expect that if you launched your pride and joy -- your startup company -- at a conference, it would automatically be the center of attention. At DEMO, the leading technology product launch conference, you're hatching your business alongside 64 other companies with cool new technologies. You've got to deliver an awe-inspiring six-minute presentation, schmooze for many hours on end at a packed product pavilion, and be charming during the cocktail hours to make your...
VV Show #15 – Launching Companies at DEMO Conference
September 27, 2005 00:33 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBYou might expect that if you launched your pride and joy — your startup company — at a conference, it would automatically be the center of attention. At DEMO, the leading technology product launch conference, you’re hatching your business alongside 64 other companies with cool new technologies. …
VV Show #14 – VideoEgg Preparing for DEMO Conference
September 19, 2005 16:47 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBNew businesses usually start small and work slowly and steadily to build their reputation. But that’s not true of startups that choose to launch their product at DEMO, the most prestigious conference dedicated to launching new technologies. Presenters have to agree to be radio silent about the cool technology they’ve been working on night and day for the past several months, if not years, of their lives. …
VV Show #14 - VideoEgg Preparing for DEMO Conference
September 19, 2005 08:00Download the MP3. New businesses usually start small and work slowly and steadily to build their reputation. But that's not true of startups that choose to launch their product at DEMO, the most prestigious conference dedicated to launching new technologies. Presenters have to agree to be radio silent about the cool technology they've been working on night and day for the past several months, if not years, of their lives. Then they have six minutes on stage to show it off to everyone, and a...
VV Show #13 - Drew Clark of IBM Venture Capital Group
September 13, 2005 16:06Download the MP3. Entrepreneurs who were doing business in the eighties might still remember IBM for its suits and corporate ways. Now Drew Clark, the co-founder of the IBM Venture Capital Group, has shed his tie and is changing that image. His group is opening up IBM's vast resources to startups. Unlike some of its competitors, IBM has embraced open source software which makes it easer and cheaper to deploy technology. While IBM offers all types of help to entrepreneurs, Drew stresses the ...
VV Show #13 – Drew Clark of IBM Venture Capital Group
September 13, 2005 00:40 - 39 minutes - 13.5 MBEntrepreneurs who were doing business in the eighties might still remember IBM for its suits and corporate ways. Now Drew Clark, the co-founder of the IBM Venture Capital Group, has shed his tie and is changing that image. His group is opening up IBM’s vast resources to startups. …
VV Show #12 – Deborah Farrington of Starvest Partners
September 01, 2005 16:50 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBStatistically speaking, Starvest Partners shouldn’t be in business: Few venture capital funds raised in 1998 survived the dot com bust, first-time partners are a huge bet, and no other venture capital firms are run by women. But don’t tell that to Deborah Farrington, the founder and co-chairman of Starvest. …
VV Show #12 - Deborah Farrington of Starvest Partners
September 01, 2005 05:23Download the MP3. Statistically speaking, Starvest Partners shouldn't be in business: Few venture capital funds raised in 1998 survived the dot com bust, first-time partners are a huge bet, and no other venture capital firms are run by women. But don't tell that to Deborah Farrington, the founder and co-chairman of Starvest. Her firm's performance has excelled in the past several years and is headed into the top quartile of its field. Debby's got a number of big hits under her belt now, but...
VV Show #11 - Scott Rafer of Feedster
August 26, 2005 00:36Download the MP3. If you thought you're an entrepreneur just because you started a software company in Silicon Valley, you're dead wrong, according to Scott Rafer. It's just too easy. Scott's the CEO of San Francisco-based Feedster, an RSS search engine and ad network that allows people to find blogs, jobs and more. Scott is no stranger to the startup world, having been an entrepreneur in several parts of the world. He's not afraid to speak his mind, either, as a blunt blogger and speaker. ...
VV Show #11 – Scott Rafer of Feedster
August 25, 2005 00:49 - 53 minutes - 12.3 MBIf you thought you’re an entrepreneur just because you started a software company in Silicon Valley, you’re dead wrong, according to Scott Rafer. It’s just too easy. Scott’s the CEO of San Francisco-based Feedster, an RSS search engine and ad network that allows people to find blogs, jobs and more. …
VV Show #10 - Brad Feld of Mobius Venture Capital
August 19, 2005 04:30Download the MP3. Some venture capitalists keep a low profile, preciously guard their e-mail addresses from needy entrepreneurs and put on a jacket for publicity photos. Not Brad Feld. Brad started his career building his own technology consulting company with nothing but $10 and a 19-year-old's ambition. He grew his business to the level that it was an appetizing acquisition target, worked a bit for the company that acquired his firm doing acquisitions for them, did some angel investing, a...
VV Show #10 – Brad Feld of Mobius Venture Capital
August 18, 2005 16:53 - 38 minutes - 8.89 MBSome venture capitalists keep a low profile, preciously guard their e-mail addresses from needy entrepreneurs and put on a jacket for publicity photos. Not Brad Feld. Brad started his career building his own technology consulting company with nothing but $10 and a 19-year-old’s ambition. …
VV Show #9 - Jeremy Hague of Skylook
August 15, 2005 16:43Download the MP3. While some people still wonder if the fax machine has been rendered obsolete, Jeremy Hague is ready to write e-mail's obituary. Jeremy's brand new company, Netralia, recently released a product to rave reviews called Skylook. Many people use Microsoft Outlook to manage their contacts and send e-mail. Skype is used by 47 million people to make phone calls over the Internet. Jeremy's Skylook program allows users to integrate Outlook with Skype so they can quickly place calls...
VV Show #9 – Jeremy Hague of Skylook
August 15, 2005 00:55 - 37 minutes - 4.28 MBWhile some people still wonder if the fax machine has been rendered obsolete, Jeremy Hague is ready to write e-mail’s obituary. Jeremy’s brand new company, Netralia, recently released a product to rave reviews called Skylook. Many people use Microsoft Outlook to manage their contacts and send e-mail. …
VV Show #8 – Kelly Perdew, Winner of The Apprentice
August 08, 2005 16:57 - 38 minutes - 4.38 MBIf someone told us to listen to business insights from a former game show contestant back in the day when The Price is Right was the closest thing to a televised business competition, we would have laughed in their face. Since then The Apprentice has attracted many ambitious young professionals to do battle for a spot in the Trump Organization. …
VV Show #8 - Kelly Perdew, Winner of The Apprentice
August 08, 2005 06:54Download the MP3. If someone told us to listen to business insights from a former game show contestant back in the day when The Price is Right was the closest thing to a televised business competition, we would have laughed in their face. Since then The Apprentice has attracted many ambitious young professionals to do battle for a spot in the Trump Organization. The winners have all been entrepreneurs, and Kelly's resume has the word 'founder' repeated more than enough times to qualify him ...
VV Show #7 - Evan Williams of Odeo
July 26, 2005 11:22Download the MP3. A quick glance at Evan's bio might make it seem as though he just stumbles into all the newest, hottest trends. However, the only thing Ev stumbled into was traffic (the kind you get on the non-information highway -- where he discovered the value of listening to podcasts) on his commute. After trying his hand in Nebraska's tech entrepreneurial circuit (well, he was the circuit), Ev made the voyage out west to California. He founded Blogger, one of the most popular blogging...
VV Show #7 – Evan Williams of Odeo
July 26, 2005 01:01 - 36 minutes - 8.4 MBA quick glance at Evan’s bio might make it seem as though he just stumbles into all the newest, hottest trends. However, the only thing Ev stumbled into was traffic (the kind you get on the non-information highway — where he discovered the value of listening to podcasts) on his commute. …
VV Show #6 - Scott Heiferman of Meetup
July 22, 2005 18:31Download the MP3. Entrepreneurs need community. This entrepreneur makes communities. An Illinois native, Scott Heiferman came to New York while working for Sony in 1994. He quickly joined the avant-garde of the Silicon Alley community while growing his new media ad agency, i-traffic. After selling i-traffic to Agency.com (capitalized companies apparently acquire non-capitalized ones), Scott worked the counter at McDonald's. Scott left both the food services industry and the advertising busi...
VV Show #6 – Scott Heiferman of Meetup
July 22, 2005 17:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBEntrepreneurs need community. This entrepreneur makes communities. An Illinois native, Scott Heiferman came to New York while working for Sony in 1994. He quickly joined the avant-garde of the Silicon Alley community while growing his new media ad agency, i-traffic. …
VV Show #5 - Joe Kraus of JotSpot (part 2 of 2)
July 05, 2005 00:22Download the MP3. We covered the past with Joe in our previous show, but it's clear he spends a lot of time thinking about the future. Many people muse about how they would do things differently if they had only the chance to do it all over again. Joe is doing it all over again by building his new business, JotSpot, from scratch. He shares his development strategy and vision for the company. Show notes:
VV Show #5 – Joe Kraus of JotSpot (part 2 of 2)
July 04, 2005 01:05 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBWe covered the past with Joe in our previous show, but it’s clear he spends a lot of time thinking about the future. Many people muse about how they would do things differently if they had only the chance to do it all over again. …
VV Show #4 – Joe Kraus of JotSpot (part 1 of 2)
June 29, 2005 17:03 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBConventional wisdom tells us to go get a job out of college to learn the ropes, not to take on friends as business partners, and to accept defeat gracefully. Joe Kraus’s business war stories are anything but conventional. Before graduating college, he convinced five of his friends to pass on blue chip job offers to start a business of their own. …
VV Show #4 - Joe Kraus of JotSpot (part 1 of 2)
June 29, 2005 10:10Download the MP3. Conventional wisdom tells us to go get a job out of college to learn the ropes, not to take on friends as business partners, and to accept defeat gracefully. Joe Kraus's business war stories are anything but conventional. Before graduating college, he convinced five of his friends to pass on blue chip job offers to start a business of their own. What would that business be? They didn't know yet, but met at a burrito shop to come up with something. The rest is Internet hist...
VV Show #3 - Philip Kaplan of AdBrite
June 24, 2005 01:54Download the MP3. This Internet bad boy doesn't think he's so bad, and one of the top venture capital firms agrees to the tune of $4 million. Don't know who Philip Kaplan of AdBrite is? Well if you were doing anything remotely dot com related in the late 90's you probably know who Philip Kaplan of F___edCompany.com (FC for short) is. His site grew famous, if not infamous, for posting the latest additions to the 'dot com dead pool.' Now with his current prize business, AdBrite, he intends ne...
VV Show #3 – Philip Kaplan of AdBrite
June 23, 2005 01:10 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis Internet bad boy doesn’t think he’s so bad, and one of the top venture capital firms agrees to the tune of $4 million. Don’t know who Philip Kaplan of AdBrite is? Well if you were doing anything remotely dot com related in the late 90’s you probably know who Philip Kaplan of F___edCompany.com …
VV Show #2 – Dick Costolo of FeedBurner (part 2 of 2)
June 20, 2005 17:05 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBSick of potential investors not taking your phone calls? Pitch a venture capitalist on his iPod. Dick Costolo of FeedBurner tells us how his CTO did just that in the second and final part of our conversation. (Be sure to check out the first half too if you haven’t already). …
VV Show #2 - Dick Costolo of FeedBurner (part 2 of 2)
June 20, 2005 05:58Download the MP3. Sick of potential investors not taking your phone calls? Pitch a venture capitalist on his iPod. Dick Costolo of FeedBurner tells us how his CTO did just that in the second and final part of our conversation. (Be sure to check out the first half too if you haven't already). Show notes:
VV Show #1 - Dick Costolo of FeedBurner (part 1 of 2)
June 15, 2005 20:16Download the MP3. Dick Costolo of FeedBurner joins us for our first show. FeedBurner provides services for publishers of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). RSS is an interface that allows users to access data from blogs, traditional media, podcasts and other sources in the way they want to view it. Dick's service is widely used and well funded. Show notes:
VV Show #1 – Dick Costolo of FeedBurner (part 1 of 2)
June 15, 2005 01:20 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBDick Costolo of FeedBurner joins us for our first show. FeedBurner provides services for publishers of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). RSS is an interface that allows users to access data from blogs, traditional media, podcasts and other sources in the way they want to view it. …
Welcome to the Podcast
June 08, 2005 06:49What does it take to start a successful business? We're working the phone to find the answers by calling entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and their friends and foes. This podcast (or, for the uninitiated, Internet radio show on demand) features our conversations. Listen to the voices of those living the entrepreneurial life. The excitement, trepidation and ambition heard in their tones gives us a feel for what they're going through. We're interested in people in all types of industries --...