From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Dec 16 2009 3:09 PM

Mayfield Fund partner Raj Kapoor says between $1 mln and $5 mln is typical "Venture capitalists are asking that question too," said Raj Kapoor, managing partner at Mayfield Fund, which raised a nearly $400 million fund in September 2008. Raj was responding to a question I asked about how an ea...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Dec 15 2009 3:56 PM

Vator Box guest host Mayfield Fund partner Raj Kapoor says HearPlanet is in a hot space For those who’re not familiar with Vator Box, it's our version of Siskel & Ebert meets American Idol. We take one company's video pitch and put it in front of a guest host and our VB regular Ezra...

From: VatorNews.tv on Sun, Dec 13 2009 1:25 AM

Interview with long tail expert Adam Boyden, President Conduit Reena A Jadhav interviews Adam Boyden, President of Conduit which has crossed 200,000 long tail publishers and successfully monetized their customers in less than 5 years.   According to Adam, building a successful long tail strate...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Dec 11 2009 8:19 PM

Top 10 finalists announced for "New Way to Work" competition. Who will win the $10,000 prize? Play back the embedded video and you’ll get a glimpse into the Vator.tv working environment.  Not your typical office huh?  This is our new way to work. A little over a month ago we partnered ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Dec 03 2009 11:01 AM

Interview with Robert Acker, CEO of Aha Mobile, a provider of road information on the go Aha Mobile is one of the many iPhone app makers racing to be the killer platform for a new "augmented reality" era. Augmented reality, as defined by Tim Chang, a venture capitalist at Norwest Venture Partn...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Dec 02 2009 1:40 PM

Prolific angel investor Aydin Senkut is our guest host analyzing the Wikipedia for business contacts This week, we take a look at Jigsaw, a leading provider of business card and company data services that leverages user-generated content contributed by its community of some one million members...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Dec 02 2009 4:34 AM

From yoga classes to Turkey Trots, Eventbrite’s business is adding up to billions It's no secret that traditional businesses continue to be under assault and consumers are increasingly empowered on the Internet. It's particularly noticeable in traditional media, where consumers are p...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Dec 02 2009 1:52 AM

Revenue models that work and monetization tips for entrepreneurs Reena Jadhav interviews Adam Boyden, President of Conduit on monetization tips. Conduit has exploded over the last few years and now supports over 200,000 publishers and more than 60 million active users. But that’s not the inter...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Nov 24 2009 11:06 AM

Modern Mom founder’s goal is to create a hub for moms and kids

Many people may know Booke Burke as a model, host of Wild On, and winner of the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars. But she's also an entrepreneur and mother of four. Burke is the co-founder of Modern Mom...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Nov 18 2009 11:32 AM

Angel investor Aydin Senkut is our guest host analyzing Thread, the dating site leveraging Facebook The online dating market is a $1 billion annual business. One company - Thread - is trying to go after that market by leveraging the connections on Facebook by creating a dating filter on top of...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Nov 17 2009 8:38 AM

Angel investor Aydin Senkut on where he’d invest and sectors he'd avoid Aydin Senkut, an early-Google employee-turned angel investor, is becoming known as one of the more prolific seed-to-early-stage investors in Silicon Valley, having invested in 40 companies since 2006. His portfolio co...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Nov 12 2009 10:48 AM

Startup Sessions talks mobile video and plays pinball with Chrys Bader, founder of Vidly There certainly isn’t a shortage in services to upload videos on the Web.  But there is a shortage in simplicity.  That's where San Francisco-based startup Vidly comes in.  Vidly is a video sharing si...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Nov 10 2009 11:11 AM

Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn on building a business with a former roommate, and other lessons/advice Andy Dunn, co-founded pants designer and retailer Bonobos in 2007 with his former Stanford Business School roommate Brian Spaly. So far, so good. The two are making a killing at their new ventu...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Nov 03 2009 11:55 AM

Can Facebook-funded Thread take a piece of the billion-dollar online dating business? Playing matchmaker online can be a lucrative business. Hundreds of dating sites are raking in a total of a $1 billion dollars each year, with popular sites, like Match.com, eHarmony, Yahoo Personals and Plent...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Nov 03 2009 11:55 AM

Vator Box guest host Mayfield Partner Raj Kapoor says QLess has promise For those who’re not familiar with Vator Box, it's our version of Siskel & Ebert meets American Idol. We take one company's video pitch and put it in front of a guest host and our VB regular Ezra Roizen, digital ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Oct 30 2009 3:09 PM

Startup Sessions takes an inside look at JamLegend, the startup behind a popular online music game Have you ever looked at your computer keyboard as a musical instrument?  JamLegend, a San Francisco-based startup can turn your entire computer into a musical gaming experience similar to Rockban...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Oct 30 2009 1:10 PM

Startup Sessions takes an inside look at JamLegend, the startup behind a popular online music game Have you ever looked at your computer keyboard as a musical instrument?  JamLegend, a San Francisco-based startup can turn your entire computer into a musical gaming experience similar to Rockban...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Oct 28 2009 1:52 PM

CEO Richard Rosenblatt on his new media’s financing future, and his Godly goals When you listen to Richard Rosenblatt, CEO and co-founder of Demand Media, explain his company's mission, it has a sort of Google-esque ring to it. Google's missions is simple: to organize the world'...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Oct 27 2009 7:54 PM

CEO Richard Rosenblatt is creating an assembly-line approach to content creation Imagine an assembly line, of title creators, writers, fact-checkers, editors, etc. all lined up and working on one article or video. Each person touches a piece of content in a sequential manner using optimally-pl...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Oct 22 2009 9:30 PM

Tim Armstrong reveals plans to help New York create content designed for new distribution realities. Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL, used his appearance at the Web 2.0 summit Thursday to make a big non-announcement.  He told event host John Batelle that he couldn’t talk about it, but h...