Episode 152: Venture Capital and "Personal Internet Assistant"

Episode 152 originally broadcast on May 03, 2008

The School of Business for May 3, 2008

Russ and John present a consistently high-quality show with information that we think you should know about. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week - words of wisdom from an anonymous writer with a catchy turn-of-phrase; This Week in Business History presents Monumental Week; Navigating Business Jargon - buzzwords and technospeak that keep getting tougher; and Dumbest Moments in Business History - Toto Toilets makes a monumental mistake.

James Treybig of Tandem Computers

In his early years, James Treybig founded Tandem Computers. He delivered his first "always on" computer in 1976. Twenty years later, Tandem had grown to more than 8,000 employees worldwide and was valued at $2.3 billion. He knew what the market wanted, he knew he could build it and he knew how long it would take. Today, Treybig is a venture partner at VC firm New Enterprise Associates, sourcing and evaluating early-stage information technology companies. Russ and Treybig discuss upstarts, IPOs, entrepreneurships and life inside a venture capital firm.

Flashback - Guy Goldstein

Flashback to February 2008 in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Israel Web Tour. Erica O'Grady sent in an on-the-road interview with Goldstein, co-founder and CEO of Pageonce, a remarkable "personal internet assistant." Pageonce helps users to consolidate, organize and track all their Internet-based information services - such as deadlines for bills paid online, data from social media sites, passwords from various log-ins all entered once into a secure location.