- Sencera Raises $3.6 Million
- Wakefield Group Joins Other Southeastern Funds in FrontStream Payments Deal
- NC Entrepreneurs Raised $909 Million in 2007
- Pozen’s Treximet wins FDA Approval
- Phase Bioscience Names Christopher Prior as CEO
- UNC Charlotte’s Five Ventures Winners Named
CED Blog: Entrepreneurs and Innovation in North Carolina
Rick Smith Interviews Steve Nelson
Venture 2008 Preview: VCs Still Ready To Pull Triggers on Good Deals
Posted: Apr. 10, 2008
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — Entrepreneurs seeking funding for new companies and products need not fear that a slowing economy will affect venture capital investments, according to Steve Nelson of the Wakefield Group.
Nelson, one of the region’s most active venture capitalists, will be leading a panel discussion about the capital markets at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s Venture 2008 conference next week. The event, set for April 16-18 at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, will feature scores of presenting companies from as far away as Indiana and investors from across the U.S.
Inn a Q&A with Local Tech Wire, Nelson said entrepreneurs with “great ideas” can still attract investors. It’s also his belief that venture funds will also continue to be able to raise capital.
However, startups looking to find successful “exits” through initial public stock offerings face a difficult challenge, Nelson added.
The interview:.....
Friday Fun: The Leningrad Cowboys & The Red Army Choir
Globalization usually means business, but I thank our friend John Warner a.k.a. SwampFox for sharing this cultural meltdown.
Enjoy!
Another Entrepreneurial Benchmark - the Inc. 500 is Now 5000
Back in the day, when IBM, General Motors and Procter and Gamble drove the national economy, a list of 500 "fastest growing privately held companies" was sufficient to capture the depth and breadth of entrepreneurial achievement in America. Launched at the same time CED was being formed as a spin-out of the Raleigh Chamber, the Inc. 500 has featured many companies before they became world-renowned, including Microsoft, Domino's Pizza, and Oracle.
Starting in 2007, the list was expanded ten-fold to 5,000. The deadline for the 2008 list, to be publicized in September, is April 30, 2008. For more information, visit www.inc.com/inc5000apply/.
