Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Couple new articles
My latest article for Mainebiz (also appearing with a slight variation in Providence Business News) covers VC risk assessment and analytics.
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On early stage venture capital in secondary New England cities, industry and innovation clusters, mega regions and whatever else comes to me
About Me
- Michael Gurau
- Freeport, ME, United States
- I have been a venture capitalist for fifteen years and am presently leading a regional innovation initiative designed to develop, activate and sustain industry/innovation clusters. Since 2001, I've managed CEI Community Ventures (www.ceicommunityventures.com). I'm also developing plans to create a new early stage venture capital fund called Clear Venture Partners (www.clearvcs.com).
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Articles I've written (organized by date)
4/3/2009
Mass High Tech - "Of industry clusters, venture capital and the feds"
3/31/2009
Business West - "Industry clusters present an opportunity"
3/27/2009
New Hampshire Business Review - "Clusters a direction for the new SBA Administrator"
3/19/2009
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) Newsletter: "Eight Tips for Urban Entrepreneurs in a Tough Economy"
2/28/2009
Providence Business News - "SBA Nominee Mill likely to favor clusters"
2/23/2009
Mainebiz -"What Mills Means"
2/7/2009
Providence Business News - "Conflicts are a Constant Worry for Investors "
2/1/2009
Business West - "A "No" today isn't a "no" forever"
1/26/2009
Mainebiz - "Stakeholder Alignment "
1/9/2009
Mass High Tech - "Strategies for Surviving the Current Economy"
1/5/2009
Worcester Business Journal - "Capitalizing on Clusters"
1/2/2009
New Hampshire Business Review - "Understanding What a Venture Capitailst's "No" Means
12/29/2008
Mainebiz "Beating the Odds"
12/27/2008
Providence Business News: "In the VC World, Funding Goes to the Fittest"
12/7/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Control is an illusion"
12/1/2008
Mainebiz - "Scripting Success"
11/21/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - It's not the cash you burn..."
11/8/2008
Providence Business News - "Structure of a Deal is as Important as its Value"
11/3/2008
Mainebiz - "Reading the Fine Print"
10/17/2008
Mass High Tech - What it takes for venture philanthropy to earn a return
10/10/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "John and Bill's Excellent Venture"
10/6/2008
Mainebiz - "Getting to know us"
10/1/2008
Vermont Business Magazine - "Clustering in Vermont"
9/29/2008
Providence Business News - "Truth is best policy when looking for funding"
9/8/2008
Mainebiz - "The parent trap"
8/29/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Truth or consequences"
8/29/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Truth or consequences"
8/19/2008
Providence Business News - "Business type can determine funding"
8/11/2008
Mainebiz - "Truth or dare"
8/1/2008
Mass High Tech - "For both investors and founder, it's a control thing"
7/21/2008
Business West - "Understanding risk-oriented Capital"
7/18/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "An interview with serial inventor Bob Dean"
7/14/2008
Mainebiz - "The race is on"
7/1/2008
Business West - "understanding Risk Oriented Capital"
6/23/2008
Providence Business News - "Industry clusters key to Rhode Island's economy"
6/22/2008
Worcester Business Journal - "10 Things I Know About..Raising Capital "
6/16/2008
Mainebiz - "The tech startup: A conversation with Peter Murray, founder and chief technology officer of Portland-based Quantrix"
6/6/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "It's not necessarily easy being green"
5/26/2008
Business West - "Some Capital Ideas"
5/26/2008
Business New Haven - "Out of Control"
5/19/2008
Providence Business News - "Build a team with relevant talents"
5/19/2008
Mainebiz - " Under pressure"
5/9/2008
Mass High Tech - "Venture capital can find a home in secondary cities"
4/21/2008
Mainebiz - "The Valley of Death"
4/11/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Seeking outside investors isn't a painless decision"
3/24/2008
Mainebiz - "Beyond Toothpaste: Interview with Tom Chappel"
3/14/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Picking the right investor is a courtship"
2/25/2008
Mainebiz - "It takes all kinds"
2/15/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Q&A with high tech entrepreneur Matt Pierson"
1/28/2008
Mainebiz - "Fight the power"
1/4/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Even the best laid plans go awry"
12/24/2007
Mainebiz - "Starting from scratch"
12/1/2007
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Communities & Banking Magazine - Venture Strategies for Distressed Areas
11/26/2007
Mainebiz - "Good Vibrations: Interview with Ariel Wilcox"
11/23/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Control is an illusion"
11/6/2007
Vermont Business Center - "Entrepreneur: coach thyself"
10/29/2007
Mainebiz - "The Right Stuff"
10/29/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Interview with Rustic Crust's Brad Sterl, the Crust Crusader"
10/29/2007
Business West - "The Yes factor: how to improve your odds of obtaining venture capital"
10/26/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "On the lookout for multiple intelligence"
10/8/2007
Providence Business News - "With VC, you always keep an eye on the exit"
10/1/2007
Mainebiz - "Know thyself"
10/1/2007
Providence Business News - "To minmize heartache, know valuation process"
9/24/2007
Providence Business News - "Finding capital to suit your needs"
9/17/2007
Business West - "The Business of Money: Everything you wanted to know about venture capital (but were afraid to ask)"
7/22/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Diary of a deal: Hope, disappointment and renewal lessons"
7/9/2007
Mainebiz - "Take it or leave it"
7/9/2007
Mainebiz - "Take it or leave it"
6/11/2007
Mainebiz - "Silicon Valley to Maine: Interview with Erik Schwartz of Foneshow"
5/14/2007
Mainebiz - "Glass Half Full"
4/27/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Jay Borden: An entrepreneur's eye view of business"
4/16/2007
Mainebiz - "The Cluster Effect
1/1/2007
Interface Technology News - "Greentech companies clean up with VCs"
12/22/2006
New Hampshires Business Review - "New Hampshire's clean, green venture scene"
12/7/2006
Communities & Banking (FRB) - "Venture strategies for distressed areas"
10/27/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "Growing your business in a rural community"
10/26/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "Building your business in a rural community
9/15/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "Honey, the VCs shrunk my company"
6/23/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "What matters most in a business plan"
6/1/2006
Interface Technology News - "Funding through unorthodox channels"
6/1/2006
Business New Hampshire Magazine - "Discovering what venture capital investors want"
5/1/2006
Interface Technology News - "Pine Tree State could serve as a model for NH and VT"
3/20/2006
Mainebiz - "This way out"
2/20/2006
Mainebiz - "The venture equation"
2/1/2006
Interface Technology News - "Understanding valuations in vc financings will reap rewards"
Mass High Tech - "Of industry clusters, venture capital and the feds"
3/31/2009
Business West - "Industry clusters present an opportunity"
3/27/2009
New Hampshire Business Review - "Clusters a direction for the new SBA Administrator"
3/19/2009
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) Newsletter: "Eight Tips for Urban Entrepreneurs in a Tough Economy"
2/28/2009
Providence Business News - "SBA Nominee Mill likely to favor clusters"
2/23/2009
Mainebiz -"What Mills Means"
2/7/2009
Providence Business News - "Conflicts are a Constant Worry for Investors "
2/1/2009
Business West - "A "No" today isn't a "no" forever"
1/26/2009
Mainebiz - "Stakeholder Alignment "
1/9/2009
Mass High Tech - "Strategies for Surviving the Current Economy"
1/5/2009
Worcester Business Journal - "Capitalizing on Clusters"
1/2/2009
New Hampshire Business Review - "Understanding What a Venture Capitailst's "No" Means
12/29/2008
Mainebiz "Beating the Odds"
12/27/2008
Providence Business News: "In the VC World, Funding Goes to the Fittest"
12/7/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Control is an illusion"
12/1/2008
Mainebiz - "Scripting Success"
11/21/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - It's not the cash you burn..."
11/8/2008
Providence Business News - "Structure of a Deal is as Important as its Value"
11/3/2008
Mainebiz - "Reading the Fine Print"
10/17/2008
Mass High Tech - What it takes for venture philanthropy to earn a return
10/10/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "John and Bill's Excellent Venture"
10/6/2008
Mainebiz - "Getting to know us"
10/1/2008
Vermont Business Magazine - "Clustering in Vermont"
9/29/2008
Providence Business News - "Truth is best policy when looking for funding"
9/8/2008
Mainebiz - "The parent trap"
8/29/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Truth or consequences"
8/29/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Truth or consequences"
8/19/2008
Providence Business News - "Business type can determine funding"
8/11/2008
Mainebiz - "Truth or dare"
8/1/2008
Mass High Tech - "For both investors and founder, it's a control thing"
7/21/2008
Business West - "Understanding risk-oriented Capital"
7/18/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "An interview with serial inventor Bob Dean"
7/14/2008
Mainebiz - "The race is on"
7/1/2008
Business West - "understanding Risk Oriented Capital"
6/23/2008
Providence Business News - "Industry clusters key to Rhode Island's economy"
6/22/2008
Worcester Business Journal - "10 Things I Know About..Raising Capital "
6/16/2008
Mainebiz - "The tech startup: A conversation with Peter Murray, founder and chief technology officer of Portland-based Quantrix"
6/6/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "It's not necessarily easy being green"
5/26/2008
Business West - "Some Capital Ideas"
5/26/2008
Business New Haven - "Out of Control"
5/19/2008
Providence Business News - "Build a team with relevant talents"
5/19/2008
Mainebiz - " Under pressure"
5/9/2008
Mass High Tech - "Venture capital can find a home in secondary cities"
4/21/2008
Mainebiz - "The Valley of Death"
4/11/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Seeking outside investors isn't a painless decision"
3/24/2008
Mainebiz - "Beyond Toothpaste: Interview with Tom Chappel"
3/14/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Picking the right investor is a courtship"
2/25/2008
Mainebiz - "It takes all kinds"
2/15/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Q&A with high tech entrepreneur Matt Pierson"
1/28/2008
Mainebiz - "Fight the power"
1/4/2008
New Hampshire Business Review - "Even the best laid plans go awry"
12/24/2007
Mainebiz - "Starting from scratch"
12/1/2007
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Communities & Banking Magazine - Venture Strategies for Distressed Areas
11/26/2007
Mainebiz - "Good Vibrations: Interview with Ariel Wilcox"
11/23/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Control is an illusion"
11/6/2007
Vermont Business Center - "Entrepreneur: coach thyself"
10/29/2007
Mainebiz - "The Right Stuff"
10/29/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Interview with Rustic Crust's Brad Sterl, the Crust Crusader"
10/29/2007
Business West - "The Yes factor: how to improve your odds of obtaining venture capital"
10/26/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "On the lookout for multiple intelligence"
10/8/2007
Providence Business News - "With VC, you always keep an eye on the exit"
10/1/2007
Mainebiz - "Know thyself"
10/1/2007
Providence Business News - "To minmize heartache, know valuation process"
9/24/2007
Providence Business News - "Finding capital to suit your needs"
9/17/2007
Business West - "The Business of Money: Everything you wanted to know about venture capital (but were afraid to ask)"
7/22/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Diary of a deal: Hope, disappointment and renewal lessons"
7/9/2007
Mainebiz - "Take it or leave it"
7/9/2007
Mainebiz - "Take it or leave it"
6/11/2007
Mainebiz - "Silicon Valley to Maine: Interview with Erik Schwartz of Foneshow"
5/14/2007
Mainebiz - "Glass Half Full"
4/27/2007
New Hampshire Business Review - "Jay Borden: An entrepreneur's eye view of business"
4/16/2007
Mainebiz - "The Cluster Effect
1/1/2007
Interface Technology News - "Greentech companies clean up with VCs"
12/22/2006
New Hampshires Business Review - "New Hampshire's clean, green venture scene"
12/7/2006
Communities & Banking (FRB) - "Venture strategies for distressed areas"
10/27/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "Growing your business in a rural community"
10/26/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "Building your business in a rural community
9/15/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "Honey, the VCs shrunk my company"
6/23/2006
New Hampshire Business Review - "What matters most in a business plan"
6/1/2006
Interface Technology News - "Funding through unorthodox channels"
6/1/2006
Business New Hampshire Magazine - "Discovering what venture capital investors want"
5/1/2006
Interface Technology News - "Pine Tree State could serve as a model for NH and VT"
3/20/2006
Mainebiz - "This way out"
2/20/2006
Mainebiz - "The venture equation"
2/1/2006
Interface Technology News - "Understanding valuations in vc financings will reap rewards"