Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Venture Capital in Florida

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on February 14, 2008

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Summary: If you would like to learn about the venture capital market in Florida, this interview is for you.
 
Our guest today is Dan Rua who is the Gainesville (Fla.) Partner with Inflexion Partners. His other senior partners are in Tampa and Orlando.  Inflexion specializes in venture investments in Florida. They are particularly interested in early stage companies with valuable intellectual property. Dan also authors the Florida Venture Blog.

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Tom Perkins, Co-Founder, Kleiner - Perkins

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on December 4, 2007

 
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If you would like to hear a Co-Founder of Kleiner - Perkins discuss his new autobiography Valley Boy, this interview is for you.
 
Our guest today is Tom Perkins who is a Co-Founder of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. KPCB is perhaps the best known venture capital investor having backed such companies as Amazon.com, AOL (Time-Warner), Compaq (now owned by H-P) Electronic Arts, Flextronics, Genentech, Google, Intuit, LSI Logic, Macromedia (now owned by Adobe), Sun Microsystems, and Tandem (now owned by H-P). As a leading pioneer, the firm may have been the major influence in shaping the Venture Capital industry during the past 35 years.

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Why VCs are Investing In Facebook Apps Companies

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on September 20, 2007

 
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If you would like to learn why venture capital firms are setting aside hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars to invest in companies developing applications for Facebook, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Lee Lorenzen who is the CEO of Altura Ventures. Lee is one of the high-profile venture capitalists who is vigorously pursuing investment opportunities among companies developing applications for FaceBook. Read more…