Venture Voice Podcast
1) VV Show #60 – Larry Kramer of MarketWatch
Today’s media executives plotting to charge for their content would do well to hear how Larry Kramer beat Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com by resisting pressure to put most content behind a pay ...Show More
2) VV Show #59- Barry Silbert of SecondMarket
Any shareholder in a startup can tell you there’s a big difference between paper wealth and cash. Short of an IPO or outright acquisition, there are few options to cash out for the shareholders ...Show More
3) VV Show #58 – Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser of Grasshopper
“Dial 1 for sales, dial 2 for support…” Ten years ago it cost over $10,000 to get a phone system with the advanced options we’re used to hearing when we call big companies. Hav...Show More
4) VV Show #57 – Fabrice Grinda of OLX
Craigslist seems unbeatable. It’s often blamed (or celebrated) for destroying the classifieds business that helped keep American newspapers afloat. Now second-time Venture Voice guest Fabrice Gr...Show More
5) VV Show #56 – Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software
Joel Spolsky first came on Venture Voice over three years ago to discuss his company which he launched in a very different way from most entrepreneurs. Rather than start with the big idea and pay lip ...Show More
6) VV Show #55 – Graham Hill of TreeHugger
Graham Hill started the blog TreeHugger to cover green issues in 2003. After a steady climb in traffic and advertising, Graham sold the company to Discovery Communications in 2007 for $10 million. Sin...Show More
7) VV Show #54 – Tim Westergren of Pandora
It takes only a few seconds to customize a radio station on Pandora. Its founder Tim Westergren has been struggling for almost a decade to make it that way. Pandora was five years in the making before...Show More
8) VV Show #53 – David Cohen of TechStars
The title financier conjures images of mahogany desks and million dollar checks for most. But for anyone pitching to David Cohen’s TechStars, the outcome is getting accepted to what’s esse...Show More
9) VV Show #52 – Sam Wyly of Maverick Capital, Green Mountain Energy, Michaels Stores and Sterling Software
Not to be called a one trick pony, Sam Wyly’s turned himself into a billionaire by starting and growing companies in technology, oil, retail and even in the restaurant industry. Coming from a modest u...Show More
10) VV Show #51 – Jeff Stewart of Mimeo, Monitor110 and Urgent Career
Jeff Stewart needed that done yesterday. Jeff became an entrepreneur when he founded the web consultancy Square Earth in 1995. Only three years later he became a serial entrepreneur by starting Mimeo,...Show More