Lunch at the California Grill - Malts and Talk
Rick Bentley, a Berkeley physics alum, has been written up by Mike Cassidy of the Merc in a really great article on Rick's experiences in Baghdad and running a security startup, Connexed. Not that I'm surprised - I introduced Rick to Mike and got to ......Posted by lynne at 10:08
CEO Pitches, Bows and Optimism
Well, a few weeks back I got to participate in two events. One was the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs farewell party to Susan Hailey, their retiring CEO, after a very successful few years. The second was watching Rick Bentley, CEO of Connexxed, do his......Posted by lynne at 08:30
Reporting from the Green Zone
Well, my friend and Berkeley physics alum Rick Bentley is off to Iraq to consult on some infrastructure repair and fund his security startup Connexed. He's taking a digital camera and laptop (he's got Internet connectivity), to do a little reporting ......Posted by lynne at 11:57
It's an Inside Pitch on a Fast Ball...
One of the neater things that you can do with MinutePitch is to capture top startup CEO's strut their stuff and compete for funding with a click of a button. I've been to a number of Pitch Competitions over the years, where I've watched the room gyra......Posted by lynne at 16:45
Dodging Bullets is a Lot Easier in Silicon Valley After Iraq
I just heard from Rick Bentley, a Berkeley physics alum - he's back here in the good old Bay Area from Iraq, trying to get back into CEO stuff at his security startup. Talk about "culture shock" - from meditations on bullets and murdered colleagues a......Posted by lynne at 11:59
Who's Doing the Icon'ing?
So, Steve Jobs got annoyed at a publisher's attempt to sponge off of his rep and decided to kick out all of Wiley's books from the Apple stores. Matt Marshall pulls some really funny quotes from the NYTimes from the beleaguered author, a kind of "pit......Posted by lynne at 09:49