Venture Capital Sources & Start up Companies
Venture Capital Corner
Venture Capital Books
In case you are looking for a list of venture capitalists/angel investors you want to order the book/e-book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology where in the section on venture capital, and in the index it lists vcs and their specialties. In case you are interested in an MBA style guide book on the venture capital environment from IT, start up pros you want the book Venture Capital Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Venture Capital, Revised and Updated Edition. Both books are available by clicking on the links above or going to Amazon www.amazon.com or Google Books at http://books.google.com, doing a search and placing your order. For info on telecom trends check out http://mbmconsulting.blogspot.com.
Venture Capital Firm of the Month
Long a leader in green technology William (Bill) Ford continues his leadership by sponsoring green technology for cars via the venture capital firm Fontinalis. For more info go to http://www.fontinalispartners.com. We vote them the best vc of the month based on the history (Ford was the biggest start up it's time with Henry Ford) and it's focus green technologies which Bill Ford long ago recognized was key to the future of the U.S.. Also on July 24-28 in Ann Arbor Michigan the Internet User Experience trade show will be held, for more info go to http://www.iue2010.com
For info from Microsoft on implementing Office 2010 on how to implement Windows 7, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Sharepoint go to http://mbmconsulting.blogspot.com. For start up companies that are looking for interns an excellent website is www.interninmichigan.com; the site is sponsored by The Detroit Regional Chamber, Wired, and the West Michigan Strategic Alliance.
Looking for Financing in all the Right Places
Speaking of financing; you can have the greatest idea in the world but if you can not get it financed, it means nothing. So here are 2 places to look for financing; the Michigan Security Network-Northern Border Security conference. For more info go to http://www.michigansecuritynetwork.com/conferences and register for the event. Another place to look for financing is with GM Motors Ventures LLC, the CEO is Mr. Jon Lauckner and the fund will have a $100 million dollars to invest in ground breaking technologies and will become active in July 2010. Also the biggest vc/angel investor conference in the country maybe the world with a lot of media is the Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/live-from-sun-valley-day-one a link to the online New York Times.
GM Shines at World Expo in China!
GM has a long history in China, with Buick being the car for the last Emperor of China before Chairman Mao took power after World War II & the Japanese occupation of China. China and GM in Partnership with the Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SHAIC) are unveiling some of the most advanced technologies in the world at the China World Expo 2010 http://en.expo2010.cn. To get more information on the World Expo and China from Chinese based web sites go to http://chinadigitaltimes.net and http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime. For GM go to http://www.gm.com and for SHAIC go to http://www.saicgroup.com/English Also speaking of China, the Detroit Chinese Business Association is having a golf outing on July 26th 2010. To register & for more info go to www.dcba.com or e-mail golf@dcba.com.
Finding Venture Capital Abroad
The Financial Times is the top paper for bankers and venture capitalists/angel investors in Europe. For more info go to http://www.ft.com to keep abreast of events and find possible European investors in your start up company.
Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology!
Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology is a book for high school students/undecided college students who want to know about careers in hi-tech/bio-tech or emerging technologies like nano-technology or green technologies. This book is also for displaced workers looking for a 2nd career and are interested in a hi-tech career. The consultant who wrote the book has been featured in the magazine
Baseline http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Ensuring-ITs-Survival-301220. Go to http://mbmconsulting.blogspot.com to be on the cutting edge of events in the IT (Information Technology), and the auto industry. To order Training Today's Youth for Tomorrows's Technology
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