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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. Founded by James Reinhart out of Harvard Business School (semi finalist in annual business plan competition). Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. We discussed: 1.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. We saw a continuation of 2006 and 2007, where there were too many "me-too" players.