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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital.

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White House Launches Startup America Effort

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The White House is announcing a new effort today to spur high tech innovation and growth, called the Startup America Partnership. The new effort will be chaired by AOl's Steve Case, with funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Case Foundation, Intel Capital, and IBM.

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What Mattered In 2010: David Cremin, DFJ Frontier

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Last week, we announced our end-of-the-year project, which was to collect and share the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Our first answers come from David Cremin , Managing Director of venture capital firm DFJ Frontier (www.dfjfrontier.com). READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2010: Bruce Hallett, Miramar Venture Partners

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? A good exit environment will mean a great 2011 for entrepreneurs and VCs.

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What Mattered In 2010: Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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For the next couple of weeks, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? Yesterday, we heard from Scott Painter of TrueCar. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2010: John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech communityk. I think a few Cleantech leaders are going to emerge in 2011. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Armstrong, Clearstone Ventures

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We've been sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community all week, and will also do so next week. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? Yesterday, we spoke with Mark Suster of GRP Partners.