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Apr30
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The charitable organization, Invisible Children, organized the "Global Night Commute" in 150 cities, primarily in the United States on Saturday, April 29. The Global Night Commute is designed to draw attention to tens of thousands of young Ugandans who commute en masse each night to safe, central locations where they sleep communally to avoid abduction by warring factions that would enslave them in their respective militias.
About 200 or 300 people showed up on a perfect evening in downtown Salt Lake City tonight for the event. I took my camcorder over to interview some of the folks who came out. I was impressed about how tuned in these young people really are.
Click below to watch!
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Apr28
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The other day the Deseret Morning News ran an article about venture funding in Utah. The data came from the PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey. The survey showed venture fundings in Utah had declined from $90 million during last year's first...
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I ran into a couple of partners from vSpring, Dinesh Patel and Paul Ahlstrom, last evening. They had big smiles on their faces. Thursday vSpring announced that one of their portfolio companies, LanDesk, would be acquired by Alabama based Avocent Corp (Nasdaq:...
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Apr27
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Stephen Covey, the bestselling author and leadership speaker (also Vice Chairman of Franklin Covey - NYSE: FC), spoke to an audience at the University of Utah. The audience included students from all of the major universities in Utah as well...
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Tim's post on LeaderNotes about the Invisible Children got me thinking. Macy's guest post there reinforced the message. I've spent several hours today reading about and watching the videos prepared by the Invisible Children, Inc. I won't pretend this post...
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Tim Stay posted about a remarkable phonemenon of youth leadership on LeaderNotes. Both Seth Godin and Chartreuse thought enough of the post to reference it. I think it is an incredible example of not-for-profit entrepreneurship. Check it out....
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Apr26
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This morning, Kim Clark, the former Dean of Harvard Business School and the current president of Brigham Young University - Idaho, spoke to the Utah Technology Council. After giving his prepared remarks and taking questions, Richard Nelson, the President of UTC,...
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Apr25
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Yesterday, I prepared the post regarding Firepoll using YouTube, which I have used in the post for including videos in my blogs. Just before I posted the final version, I read on Fred Wilson's blog his post about his son's...
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Apr24
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I recently spent some time with Will Allred, CEO and Founder of Firepoll. He also helped me with this video profile of his business. From the Firepoll web site: "Firepoll helps our clients know now. We offer a web-based research...
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Apr22
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Harry Acker is a great entrepreneur. You can read more about him here: he started the business in Brooklyn almost 50 years ago, after his father died.
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Just a quick update on Mozy, the free (or low cost) automated on-line back up service I posted about a few weeks back. First, Berkeley Data Systems, the company that provides the Mozy service has improved its referral program, providing...
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Apr20
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CALPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement System, release its "focus" list yesterday, highlighting six companies with poor stock performance and poor corporate governance. (Read the full announcement.) CALPERS board president, Rob Feckner, said, "The stock performance and governance of these...
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I had a great opportunity on Wednesday to sit on a panel discussion at a seminar presented by the Wayne Brown Institute on the 21st Century Entrepreneur. It is a fun, small group format with a lively discussion between the...
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Apr18
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CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. I'll skip the mathematical calculation for CAGR and refer you to the Investopedia definition. More importantly, however, let me describe what it means and how it is used. Although not mathematically accurate, it is not,...
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Apr12
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Thanks to Matt Blumburg for pointing us to Verne Harnish's fabulous rant about the "Nine Tricks." Stuff happens. Not always with the malice Verne perceives, but it happens. The value is in his tips for avoiding the tricks!
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I remarked to one of the people in the office today that I thought yesterday's post was the most interesting I've ever written. Today's site meter stats suggest otherwise! The ratio of page views per visitor was, I believe, the...
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Apr11
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Gina and Sande knew what I didn't about quilting and scrapbooking!
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The National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones Venture One published a survey today about Board activities and conflicts and how CEOs and Venture Capitalists view them. The report is fascinating and very thorough. Let me quote just a snippet...
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Apr10
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Tomorrow is the second annual ACG Capital Connections conference here in Salt Lake City. The event is drawing private equity groups from around the country, including several who arrived today and dropped by our offices at the Thorpe Capital Group...
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One of the great things about blogging is building a new, expanded network. Since I started blogging just in January I have found myself reinforcing key relationships with people I've known for some time who blog and making new friends. ...
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The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah launched a $30 million capital campaign on Friday. The money will be used to dramatically upgrade (see rendering at right) two aging facilities, built in the 1960s. The campaign was...
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Apr 8
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Each year, the University of Utah Business Alumni Association (which I chair) chooses a professor from among those serving at the David Eccles School of Business to receive the Brady Superior Teaching Award. This year, the award recipient was Dr. Anu Phene. ...
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The world has waited since the advent of computers for a painless backup solution. The day has come. Mozy is here. Utah-based Berkeley Data Systems, led by Josh Coates, has launched a new service at Mozy.com, that provides a free or...
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Anil Kuruganti, an Analyst at the Thorpe Capital Group, is profiled in the monthly on-line newsletter, The Insider, for the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Anil plans to move to New York to join another...
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Apr 6
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Today, Utah Information Technology Association or UITA, held its annual meeting. There, it recognized Josh James, Omniture's founder, as its CEO of the year. The other news at the event today, was the completion of the marriage between the Utah Life...
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Today, Josh Kopelman, managing director of First Round Capital, posted about how the process of making the rounds to venture capital firms provides entrepreneurs with free consulting. He couldn't be more right. The honest feedback from smart--really smart--people may often...
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Apr 5
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Omniture posted the following press release today: OREM, Utah – April 4, 2006 – Omniture, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial...
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Brad, I love your post on tips for calling a VC. Having spoken to you on the day you posted this, I was pleased not to recognize my call as the bad example!
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Apr 4
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Thank you, Seth!
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Apr 3
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The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today released a report on the exit activities of member venture firms. They reported just 10 IPOs among venture backed companies, raising $540.8 million, compared to 10 deals that generated $720.7 million in Q1...
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Apr 2
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Last Friday, Jon Huntsman, Utah's Governor, presented the Business Woman of the Year award from the Utah Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners to the founder of Challenger Schools, Barbara Baker. (See more photos on the Governor's...
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