Wise Words - Lessons in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Wise Words: Vol 2, Ep 1: We are smarter than Me

After six months off, WMC is proud to bring you the first podcast of volume 2. 
In this podcast, I discuss crowdsourcing with Barry Libert, the author of the first book on crowdsourcing actually written entirely by the crowd, We are smarter than Me.

The book is out next week, but give this a listen now to learn:

• how to turn your enemies into allies;
• get your customers to market for you; and
• increase your return on R&D.

Download: Wise Words: Vol 2 Ep 1: We are smarter than Me.

Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with Claudia, just play below.

 

you can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

New Podcast on Raising Seed Capital

Salim Teja, VP with Brightspark Ventures, talks about his experience raising seed capital as both an entrepreneur with MobShop and as a Venture Capitalist with software centric seed fund Brightspark Ventures which focuses on early stage and seed deals.

Tune in and listen by simply clicking play below.

If you wish to subscribe to this podcast you can do in either your RSS reader or iTunes just click: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

As always, this podcast is brough to by the fine folks at the IBDNetwork, for the best of Silicon Valley, including the Under the Radar Conferences, go to www.IBDNetwork.com. Special thanks Reg from Web 2.0 Central for helping with the commericals.

WANT TO HEAR MORE WISE WORDS PODCASTS? Sure you do, just go to:

http://seanwise.typepad.com/wise_words_lessons_in_ent/wise_words_the_podcast/index.html

or

www.WiseWords.podomatic.com

New Podcast featuring Tom Hale from Adobe!

Tom Hale, formerly of Macromedia, and now post merger, a senior VP at Adobe, talks about how to get your platform widely adopted by users globally (flash and acrobat each are on more than 88% of internet enabled desktops worldwide).

This interview covers issues such as standardization, developing for end users, and viral marketing.

Tune in and listen by

• clicking here to download the interview: http://wisewords.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-08-22T11_45_37-07_00.mp3
• click here to listen from the web: http://wisewords.podomatic.com/
• Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with Tom, without leaving this site, just click play below.

                                                   

                                                   

You can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

As always, this podcast is brough to by the fine folks at the IBDNetwork, for the best of Silicon Valley, including the Under the Radar Conferences, go to www.IBDNetwork.com. Special thanks Reg from Web 2.0 Central for helping with the commericals.

New Podcast Interiew with #31 on Business 2.0's list of the most influential people in tech

Wise Words vol 1 ep 7: Greg Isaacs, head of ebay's developer program, shares how to get others to do your R&D for you, and do so for free.

Greg was just named to the 50 THAT MATTER, in fact he was #31 on Business 2.0's list of most influential people in tech. Here's what they had to say about Greg.

Rank: 31
Greg Isaacs
Director of developer relations, eBay

Why He Matters: You won't find his name on eBay's senior management roster, but Isaacs is critical to the growth prospects of the $4.6 billion company, which is increasingly threatened by competition from the likes of Amazon, Craigslist, Google, Swaptree, and countless other online discounters and marketplaces. Isaacs's job is to make eBay as indispensable to the Web at large as, say, Google Maps. But to do that, he first had to persuade eBay's brass to open up its auction database so outside software developers could build business-to-business tools and consumer-friendly widgets around it. He won that battle late last year, and several startups have already sprung up with new services built around eBay auction data. As a result, the number of eBay listings funneled through third-party applications is up 11 percent from last quarter. So-called network effects made eBay the dominant player in online auctions. Now, thanks to Isaacs's efforts to expand the reach of the company's network, eBay hopes to stay that way.

In our extended 1on1 interview, Greg shares tips for building an active cadre of developers, balancing internal and external R&D, and how to help expand your company into a community.

This is one you don't want to miss!

• click here to download: http://wisewords.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-08-03T21_42_24-07_00.mp3
• click here to listen from the web: http://wisewords.podomatic.com/
• Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with Greg, without leaving this site, just click play below.

                                                   

You can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

As always, this podcast is brough to by the fine folks at the IBDNetwork, for the best of Silicon Valley, including the Under the Radar Conferences, go to www.IBDNetwork.com. Special thanks Reg from Web 2.0 Central for helping with the commericals.

New Podcast with the head of IBM's VC Arm

IBM's Claudia Fan Munce, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Venture Capital  talks about IBM's approach to doing deals with Startups and big blue's latest approach to venture capital.

Clauia shares with us her thoughts on:

• the new way IBM is fueling growth of startups;
• Licensing tech from and with IBM; and
• why they have stopped making direct investments.

Download: Wise Words: Vol 1 Ep 6: IBM's apporach to working with Startups.

Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with Claudia, just play below.

                                                   

you can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

Special thanks Reg from Web 2.0 Central for helping with the commericals.

The 8 Golden Rules for Start-ups

No, I'm not pulling a Guy Kawasaki and giving you my top ten. I'd doing way better than that. I'm posting part 2 of our 2 part interview with Len Brody, author of Innovation Nation Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park and Everything I Needed to Know About Business...I Learned from a Canadian, serial entrepreneur (whose credits include being part of the team that was responsible for the largest internet IPO, before Google) and venture partner at GrowthWorks.

Download: Wise Words: Vol 1 Ep 5: Len Brody's 8 Golden Rules for Start-ups!

Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with Len, just play below.

                                                   

you can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

To order one of Len's great books, just click below:

                         <<= Buy me ==>

Bestselling Author, Len Brody talks about why Canada Doesn't Suck!

Today we are in for a special treat. 

Part one of our two part interview with Mr. Len Brody, author of Innovation Nation Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park and Everything I Needed to Know About Business...I Learned from a Canadian, serial entrepreneur (whose credits include being part of the team that was responsible for the largest internet IPO, before Google) and venture partner at GrowthWorks.

Len shares with us his thoughts on:

• the rise of Citizen Journalism;
• his new venture, NowPublic;
• why flickr has web 2.0 right; and
• why Canada doesn't suck!

Download: Wise Words: Vol 1 Ep 4: Bestselling Author, Len Brody on Why Canada doesn't suck!

Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with Len, just play below.

                                                   

you can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

To order one of Len's great books, just click below:

                         <<= Buy me ==>

Google's David Lawee on How to Sell your Start-up for Millions?

Every entrepreneur dreams of selling their start-up for millions, but few every do.  Not so for David Lawee.  David's last venture sold for more than $100M, and the  one before that? It sold for more than $500 million.  A former Canadian VC, and now a principal in Google's M&A group in Silicon Valley, David shares his wise words on how to find an internal champion, why liquidation preferences aren't always a bad thing and Google is doing next.  Just click below to learn more.

Download: Wise Words: Vol 1 Ep 3: Google's David Lawee on Selling your Start-up for Millions

Or if you simply want to listen to our chat with David, just play below.

                                                   

you can even subscribe to this podcast in either your RSS reader or iTunes.  The direct feed is: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml, or you can click the link on the left sidebar.

Upcoming Podcasts

As you can no doubt tell from the podcasts produced to date I'm fairly new at the art of p'casting. 

Notwithstanding, finding great people to mine for wisdom and best practices is not something new to me, need proof? Look no further than the upcoming podcasts. 

In coming weeks, Wise Words the podcast, presented by the IBDNetwork, will feature:

²  Len Brody, Author of Innovation Nation and Everything I learned about Business I learned from a Canadian and currently a visionary at the recently funded Now Public.  Len will be sharing his "5 Golden Rules for Startups" and explaining what he sees as the required "Entrepreneurial DNA" for founders to succeed.

                                                                

²  Paul Kedroskey author of Infectious Greed, venture capitalist and all round technology pundit.  We'll be tapping into Paul's technology crystal ball to see what's next for tech.

²   David Lawee is a: venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur and Canadian. Dave's last company Xfire sold for over $100M and he now works as a principal in Google's Acquisition Team. Having seen M&A now from 3 sides (founder, VC, and big Co) David will be sharing with us his best practices for "selling your company for millions".

If you want to make sure you hear these, either visit the blog often. You can alternatively subscribe to the Wise Words podcast in itunes or simply by just clicking here: http://wisewords.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Thanks!

Good Day and Good Venturing.

Stowe Boyd on Advisory Boards

A 20 year veteran of the tech industry, Mr. Stowe Boyd, shares with us his insights  into building out boards of advisors, advisory capital and how sometimes you just can't put lipstick on a pig. Stowe's a conference staple and I've moderated him (as best as anyone could) at a number of Under the Radar if you haven't read his brilliant rants and insightful commentary on the world of high growth companies...you should!!!!  www.stoweboyd.com

Download: Wise Words: Vol 1 Ep 2: Stowe Boyd on Advisors