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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. They sponsor TWiVC.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

For those of you not familiar with Twitter, it's like a cross between Instant Messaging and Blogging >>> or Micro-blogging. Related to this, one of my personal initiatives at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) is called Social Software for Security, or S3. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Rep.