Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Interview on Roger Green's BizTech Review

DFJ and Cisco Global Business Plan Competition and insights about the state of entrepreneurship in the world today

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Milton Friedman Interview on Greed

Interview with one of my heroes, Milton Friedman.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Prototype: Location, Location, It Still Pays to Be Near (NY Times article by Leslie Berlin)

Great article regarding the dynamics of going global featuring the DFJ Global Network

Prototype: Location, Location: It Still Pays to Be Near By LESLIE BERLIN

Business may be global, but geographic proximity is still important in many industries.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Timothy Draper’s Rose-Colored Glasses

Check out Claire Cain Miller's article in the NY Times.

Report scores PE/VC environment in Latin America

Report scores PE/VC environment in Latin America: Chile still leads while Colombia makes gains
June 5, 2009
Vinod Sreeharsha

It’s so cool,” says Tim Draper, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, of the LAVCA Scorecard. “It’s so important for governments to see how they rank relative to others as attractors of capital, entrepreneurship and business people. It’s useful to businesses that want to expand to Latin America.”
Asked if the report missed any major criteria, Draper said that, “I think they have hit the big ones. We need these reports all over the world.”

Monday, June 1, 2009