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Greg Gretsch on September 02, 2010

Greg Gretsch of Sigma Partners explains why earning a "Silicon Valley MBA" by pay bigger dividends than a more formal MBA education.

I don't have an MBA, but I have earned my SIlicon Valley MBA. Let me explain. When I was a few years out of college, I considered going back to get an MBA. I liked working in the valley and knew that I wanted to spend my career in tech and ultimately around startups - at that point I had only worked for Apple. So I asked around to a lot of people I knew well and respected. People who I thought had been successful in their careers and whose path I wanted to learn from. Many of them had MBAs and some did not. I wanted to hear their perspectives on the value of a traditional MBA.

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About the author: Greg Gretsch

Greg Gretsch is a Managing Director at Sigma Partners, in Menlo Park, CA. He was an three-time entrepreneur before moving over to the dark side in 2000. He's also an active blogger at Dispatches From The Darkside.

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Jeff Bussgang on August 09, 2010

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If you are in a young start-up and aren't plugging into the myriad of angel investment vehicles percolating around the country, you are either clueless or one of the few who are super-wired already into the "Do Not Pass Go, Go Directly to $5M Series A" venture capital game.

Here at home, the angel community in New England is really starting to flex its muscles. Thanks to Scott Kirsner's arbitrary declaration (and admirable leadership), June is Innovation Month in New England and there is a ridiculous amount of activity going on.It started off on June 1st with Angel Boot Camp, a confab that gathered over 200 angels, VCs and start-ups. Last night was Tech Stars Boston Investor Night, which continues to gain momentum heading into its second season, as well as the big annual the MITX Awards event. Every night this month, there is something going on. You can see the master schedule at www.neinnovation.com. Many of these venues didn't exist 3-4 years ago - Mobile Mondays, Web Inno, Open Coffee, etc. New events are coming to Boston this month, including the Open Angel Forum, which is June 18th.

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About the author: Jeff Bussgang

Jeffrey Bussgang, a successful serial entrepreneur for ten years, is now a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with more than $500 million under management. He also writes frequently on his blog: Seeing Both Sides.

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Andrew Bellay on August 09, 2010

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In part two of our interview with Greg Gretsch of Sigma Partners, AlwaysOn focuses on the entrepreneur. Greg sheds some light on how entrepreneurs should approach fund-raising and some advice about taking money from the controversial "Super Angel."

If you missed part one, where Greg explains Sigma's unique approach to world class investing while maintaining a low profile, check it out here.

AlwaysOn: How did Sigma view this last recession?

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About the author: Andrew Bellay

Andrew Bellay is the VC & Money editor of AlwaysOn. Feel free to send me cool content, new products you'd like reviewed, or any crazy idea and I'll check it out: andrew@aonetwork.com.

Posted on July 31, 2010

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AlwaysOn is excited to announce the 2010 AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies. The AO Global 250 comprises domestic and international companies pioneering in on-demand computing, digital media and entertainment, and greentech.

It's with great excitement that we introduce the eighth annual AlwaysOn Global 250 top private companies. The AlwaysOn Global 250 represent the top emerging companies in the Global Silicon Valley that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in on-demand computing, digital media, and greentech.

The AlwaysOn editorial team, along with partners at Manatt, Morgan Stanley, the Blackstone Group, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Sonnenschein, and Bridge Bank, as well as industry experts across the globe, scoured the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 250 private companies that are taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities.

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Andrew Bellay on July 29, 2010

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HP’s Phil McKinney looks at how the future of technology innovation has its roots in the past. And how the mobile cloud is all about the experiences users have with their devices and with each other.

Communication is about the experiences we create, the devices we use, and the services are enabled. As the shift occurs from a few big players in the 70s to literally hundreds of choices, we are discovering that it’s really all about how you match service to devices to create the communication experience. Hard on the heels of HP’s acquisition of Palm, Phil talks about how the three fundamental building blocks of communication can all come together in the mobile cloud.

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About the author: Andrew Bellay

Andrew Bellay is the VC & Money editor of AlwaysOn. Feel free to send me cool content, new products you'd like reviewed, or any crazy idea and I'll check it out: andrew@aonetwork.com.

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Andrew Bellay on July 29, 2010

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This panel got a bit heated and is definitely a must-watch. Find out what the hottest start-ups in the cloud are plotting.

What's going on with the infamous cloud? Is it actually catching on or it held up for security reasons? We start this great panel off with a debate about how secure the cloud is and get to the other key issues that have slowed the projected adoption of the cloud. Are the barriers psychological or technical? Is Amazon's AWS dead?

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About the author: Andrew Bellay

Andrew Bellay is the VC & Money editor of AlwaysOn. Feel free to send me cool content, new products you'd like reviewed, or any crazy idea and I'll check it out: andrew@aonetwork.com.

Posted by

Tony Perkins on July 02, 2010

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December 31st marked the end of three consecutive quarters of positive returns for both private equity and venture capital investment, a ccording to Cambridge Associates' Private Equity and Venture Capital Indices.

Private equity and venture capital funds continued to show strength during the quarter ending December 31, 2009, with each asset class earning positive returns for the third consecutive quarter, one of the best since 2007. Overall, fourth quarter returns on private equity investments outpaced those in venture capital funds, though both continued to outperform the public markets over the long term, according to Cambridge Associates LLC, a provider of independent research and investment advice to institutional investors and private clients.

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Tony Perkins is the founder and editor of AlwaysOn.

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Tony Perkins on June 27, 2010

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Feyzi Fatehi, CEO of Corent Technology, pitched his company's virtues at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit East conference at Harvard Business School on June 22nd, 2010. Check out the video of Feyzi's CEO Showcase.

Corent Technology, Inc. is the provider of SaaS-Suite™ - the most advanced software development platform for rapid transformation of Software to SaaS. SaaS-Suite™ transforms stand-alone single-tenant software applications to turnkey, multi-tenant, cloud-compatible SaaS solutions - rapidly and cost-effectively. Applications leveraging Corent’s technology are easily portable across any public, private or hybrid clouds. In addition to being CEO of Corent, Feyzi is also Chairman of the Orange County Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California. He was formerly Executive at HP, Jamcracker and other software/SaaS companies.

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About the author: Tony Perkins

Tony Perkins is the founder and editor of AlwaysOn.

Posted on June 24, 2010

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AO guest blogger, Jeff Kaplan, is Founder and Managing Director of THINKstrategies. Jeff joined us in Boston to host our CEO Showcase sessions and took advantage of the opportunity to detail his company's vision at AlwaysOn's Venture Summit East, which took place at Harvard Business School on June 22nd, 2010. Don't miss this video of Jeff's presentation.

Founded in 2001, THINKstrategies is a strategic consulting company that helps its clients capitalize on the migration of the technology industry from a product-centric to a services-driven business model. THINKstrategies is dedicated to helping enterprises make better sourcing decisions, IT solution providers make better marketing decisions, and venture investors make better investment decisions to capitalize on the business benefits of today's on-demand services, including SaaS, cloud computing, and managed services.

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Tony Perkins on June 17, 2010

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AlwaysOn is excited to announce the 2010 AlwaysOn East Top 100 Private Companies. The AOE100 comprises East Coast companies pioneering in cloud computing and SaaS, digital media, and greentech.

It's with great excitement that we introduce the third annual AlwaysOn East Top 100 private companies. The AOE100 represent the top emerging companies from the East Coast that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in on-demand computing, digital media, and greentech.

The AlwaysOn editorial team, along with partners at the Blackstone Group, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Sonnenschein, and industry experts across the globe, scoured the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 100 private companies that are taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities.

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About the author: Tony Perkins

Tony Perkins is the founder and editor of AlwaysOn.

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