Three-hundred years of photography innovation has left us with dramatically improved distribution of marginally improved content quality. Photo editing, intrinsic to the camera, pre or post image capture is currently the only way to mimic more closely the vision of what our eyes and brain detect. Every cameras applies it, every photograph needs it yet few technologies do it well. A great investment opportunity that would drive differentiation for pretty much any technology vendor. The future I see and the lessons I learned when driving this gigantic opportunity through a startup innovation process.

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Tags: Photography, LightZone, Light Crafts, Investment, Startup, Steve Jobs

I think it is quite hilarious to see so many Venture Capitalists tell entrepreneurs everyday how to build a successful business, given that they have no political leg to stand on to offer such advice...

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Tags: Macro-economics, Experience, Demi-cartel, VC, Entrepreneurs, Subprime, Marketplace

Every time I see the quarterly reports on Silicon Valley valuations I cringe. Not because the report is wrong, but because I know how entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists use the valuation medians to establish their starting, or worse their ending negotiation positions. And they are both so wrong...

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Tags: Security, Valuation, Innovation, VC, Markets, Entrepreneurs, Limited Partners, Oracle, KPCB

I am fervent proponent of transparency in the Venture Capital business which before TheFunded did not exist. But apart from the publicity prank they pulled for April Fools Day, I am as much against any system that treats entrepreneurs unfairly as I am against a system that treats Venture Capitalists unfairly. The latter in my view is what TheFunded represents...

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Tags: VC, Marketplace, Fundraising, Startup

Today sub-prime investments occur primarily because of underfunding, but the opposite - overfunding - happened in the bubble days. Here are two real world examples of how both types of investments deflate...

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Tags: VC, Gaming, Enterprise, Nintendo, Outerbay Technologies, Startup, SoftKinetic, Fundraising

Just like working for Carnival Cruise looks glamorous but is not the way to explore the world, unsuspecting young entrepreneurs who fall for sub-prime investors will soon find out that building those technologies has all the glamour but few of the rewards associated with innovation...

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Tags: Subprime, VC, Innovation, FaceBook, Google, Twitter, Startup, Investment Banks, EBay, Revenues, Valuation, Disruption, LP, Funds

The enclosed chart includes the names of every investor (Venture Capitalists and Angels) an entrepreneur has spoken to face-to-face, conversed through e-mail and is scheduled to connect with...

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Tags: Fundraising, Disruption, Entrepreneurs, Subprime, Innovation, Investment, Digital Asset Management, Transparency, VC, Startup

Subprime VC is easily recognizable, here are some of my metrics. Run for the hills when an investor...

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Tags: VC, EBay, IPhone, Growth, Capitalism, Subprime, Startup

Very few startups should be materially impacted by the state of the economy, here is why:

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Tags: VC, Markets, Investment, Economy, Consumer, Subprime, Startup

The bottom line is that we recommend entrepreneurs not to squander their great ideas with the first investor that waves money in their face. Real disruption does not become extinct quickly and so you literally have years to find a great investor out of the 790 firms that exist in the United States.

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Tags: IPhone, VC, Investment, Commodity, Entrepreneurs, Subprime, Startup

Google lays important development groundwork that has and will continue to do us all good. They also provide valuable incubation of new technology ideas a commoditizing Venture Capital market rarely picks up on...

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Tags: Google, Wall-Street, Innovation, Markets, Marketplace

Be prepared to talk to more Venture Capitalists and saddle up for an extensive roadshow. The cost of doing business to entrepreneurs and investors has increased dramatically...

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Tags: Investment, Innovation, VC, Funds, HamiltonLane, Accel Partners, Limited Partners, Carlyle, CalPERS, Accel, AAAIM, SFERS

Since we raised a fair amount of money ourselves in the last 10 years we've been focused on startups, I wanted to give some advice that may be helpful to any first time entrepreneur...

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Tags: Investment, VC, Angels, Markets, Eco-systems, PPM, Stanford, Business Model, Startup, Innovation