Great piece by Zachary A. Goldfarb in the Washington Post about Daylert, a venture created and launched by a campus entrepreneur at Virginia Tech. Moreover, its early activities appear to have made use of the campus as market model. The articles goes through the successes and struggles that the social networking firm/website has experienced.
From the [...]
WaPo on Campus Entrepreneur, Daylert.com — VTU
March 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Campus as Market, Entrepreneur Profiles, Funding, Students
Tags:campus entrepreneur·Daylert·Fahad Hassan·social networking startups·venture capital·Virginia Tech entrepreneur·Zachary A. Goldfarb
Is the Venture Capital Industry Shrinking?
October 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Business Plans & Competitions, Campus Eco-System, Funding
Here is a short blurb that I found at VentureBeat (via Digg.com) which claims that the venture capital industry may be shrinking. Check out the graphic. While I don’t want to spend too much time on this two thoughts come to mind a) part of this is cyclical as institutional investors sometimes choose different types [...]
Tags:Business Plans & Competitions·digg·student entrepreneurs·venture beat·venture capital