We ran across a list compiled on Entrepreneur.com of the top venture capital investing companies for 2007, so we’ve decided to share a list of the top 30.
Archive for the ‘investors’ Category
Inventor Trends During Down Times
November 5th, 2008
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Some buddies & I were debating the other day if more people start businesses during recessions, or during periods of growth. I didn’t have access to yearly data on entrepreneurs, but what I do have is access to the US Patent & Trademark Office data. So if we asked another question, do more people [...]
Top 10 Tips for Starting a New Business
October 23rd, 2008
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I recently read an article in Inc. Magazine about entrepreneurs who started their businesses during a recession. Like many small businesses, we are not totally immune to the macroeconomic cycles of the day, but if you have a good business, it doesn’t matter what the consumer confidence is. If you’re thinking about starting a business, [...]
Street-Smart Tactics to Get the Financing You Need
October 9th, 2008
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The most important thing to make your business venture successful is $$. To get financing, you need to impress investors, and trust me, that is not an easy task. So before you venture into the investor market and pitch your business, here are some tips to help your prospects:
Smart Stalking: Just finding investors can be [...]
Excite, Don’t Educate! – The Entrepreneur's Manual for Pitching To Investors
July 31st, 2008
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Why did we start a business? Because we had a vision that excited us. But after toiling away for months or years in the business, we sometimes lose sight of the vision that excited us. All the “in the weeds” or “see the forest from the trees” clichés come to haunt us.
To pitch to investors, [...]
Entrepreneurs Like to Zig and Zag
January 7th, 2008
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Straight lines are for rank and file types. The true mark of an entrepreneur is that he can zig when he needs to, or zag when the time comes. Without getting into specifics, ideatango may be taking a zag soon. So what does that mean. We’ll you’ll just have to wait.
What am I doing about [...]
5 Common Misconceptions about Inventing
December 5th, 2007
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WARNING: THIS POST GIVES A HEAVY DOSE OF REALITY! PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
Being a business owner in the invention industry, and an inventor myself, I felt I needed to voice – eh hem – vent, some fallacies that are prevalent in the industry. Here is a short list of common misconceptions of people, businesses, and [...]
IdeaTango Earns Award at Rice Alliance Web 2.0 Investor Forum
November 9th, 2007
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Well, the title says it all. Today we walked away with the top honor given at the Rice Alliance Information Technology & Web 2.0 Investor Forum. Essentially the investor audience voted us one of the “Most Promising” companies.
Our award is largely in part to Lisa Lloyd, who gave a fantastic elevator pitch to [...]
Moving IdeaTango Blog
October 15th, 2007
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Because we now have blogging capability on the NEW IdeaTango.com, we’re moving the IdeaTango.com blog here. Not only will I continue writing the blog, but now famous inventor of the French Twister, and partner of IdeaTango.com, Lisa Lloyd will be sharing her wisdom on the new blog.
This blog at bryandaigle.com will become my personal [...]
