Florida Venture Blog by Dan Rua
A running perspective on Florida's growing tech and venture community, with an occasional detour to the Southeast/national scene, venture capital FAQs and maybe a gadget or two....
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IZEAFest at SeaWorld Recap
on Oct 9, 2009 in sponsored guest posts izeafest sugarrae rae hoffman chris brogan seaworld izea sponzai technosailor conventions aaron brazell After attending IZEAFest @ SeaWorld last weekend, I was planning to share a summary of the event here. However, I see that Convention News TV has already created a very nice video detailing the event, including clips from speakers such as Chris Brog...
Florida Growth Fund
on Oct 2, 2009 in "greg baty" "florida growth fund" "hamilton lane" "david helgerson" "venture capital" Earlier this week I attended a Florida Venture Forum welcome event for the Florida Growth Fund, a $250 million hybrid fund-of-funds managed by Hamilton Lane for the Florida State Board of Administration. A say "hybrid" because the fund has two miss...
Venture Capital Syndicates
on Jul 15, 2009 in value-add consistency dry powder congruence vc syndicates foxhole syndicate strength I've written before about how tough markets like this really separate the wheat from the chaff within a company. As if your company were a foxhole, you get to see who stays to fight by your side and who runs to another foxhole with more protection;...
Dystonia Cure Within Reach for Tyler's Hope
on Jun 10, 2009 in tylers hope cnn dystonia I've blogged here before about Tyler's Hope and wanted to share a big day for Tyler and his family. This morning CNN.com posted the video below and TylersHope.org is getting bombarded with people wanting to help find a Dystonia cure. How can you he...
When Marketers Collude, Bloggers Lose
on Jun 2, 2009 in bloggers womma collusion antitrust As an active investor in social media, I've followed the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) since it's founding by a handful of marketers back in 2004. The growth of marketers in the organization is a testament to the power unlocked by cons...
Spymaster Game on Twitter
on May 28, 2009 in playspymaster twitter games spymaster An area I've been digging into lately, Twitter Games, got a boost today with the launch of http://PlaySpymaster.com -- created as a "side project" by the iList team. First impressions are good, quality implementation, but I wonder how the tweet nois...