Silicon Valley Study Tour from Genova and other italian Universities

BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION Mind the Bridge annual competition. A unique opportunity to promote and develop Italian best new business ideas. Each selected project will be mentored by a successful serial entrepreneur. The selected projects will Tour the Silicon Valley to showcase their idea to the investment community (venture capitalists, angel investors and corporations) www.mindthebridge.org

Is Silicon Valley Ignoring Women?

Complete video at: fora.tv Are tech investors ignoring women? Business columnist and UC Berkeley visiting scholar Vivek Wadhwa thinks so. Wadhwa slams Silicon Valley venture capitalists for showing an inherent bias for startups created by “boys from Stanford” — and possibly limiting innovation as a result. —– Summary ACT 2: THERE Innovation in America and [...]

News on Main: Startups Vie for Spot at Hot Silicon Valley Investor Event

Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator’s semi-annual investor event is attracting the likes of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, but what does it take to land a coveted spot at this exciting event?

Ron Conway: Silicon Valley: Ground Zero for The Deal

January 23, 2008 presentation by Ron Conway and Mike Maples Jr. for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Educators Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. During this lecture at Stanford University in early 2008, Angel Investors’ Ron Conway and Maples Investments’ Mike Maples both explain that geography is (almost) everything in the field [...]

The Silicon Valley Entrepreneur – The Role of Angel Investors

Interview with Anu Nigam, President, Sand Hill Angels

Where can I read up on how to earn funding from angel investors, especially here in Silicon Valley?

I am interested in finding out how to raise money for my startup company. I need to know how to work with angel investors (or venture capital firms) to raise enough money and not lose my company in the process. If it matter, I live in California near Silicon Valley. Thanks in [...]