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10 VC predictions from the Churchill Club
Yahoo, CNET, and Plaxo are old news, according to VC blogger Fred Wilson. He writes: "I suggest you ignore all of that and focus on what went on last night in San Jose at the annual Churchill Club Dinner," where venture capitalists Roger McNamee, Steve Jurvetson, Josh Kopelman and others predicted ten upcoming trends. VentureBeat took copious notes. We've trimmed them down to suit a VC's attention span: More »
nerdspotting
Steve Jurvetson makes chess nerd supermodel Carmen Kass smile
Draper Fisher Jurvetson general manager Steve Jurvetson was wallowing in Estonian pride on Friday at a party held by the Swedish ambassador. Sidling up to chess-playing überhottie Carmen Kass, he even managed to elicit a smile from the thin minx, who is most often pictured with the professionally dour expression demanded on the runway. But just in case the intimate moment might be misinterpreted, Jurvetson seems to be holding up his hand to make sure the photographer catches the glint from his wedding ring. (Photo from Steve Jurvetson)
rockets
BOOM! VC Steve Jurvetson talks about "the joy of rockets"
Steve Jurvetson, the venture capitalist behind Hotmail, loves to play with his rockets. (Specifically, Nazi-era replicas.) Here's a very short talk he gave at last year's TED conference about his weekend hobby. Memo to Chris Anderson: Next year, fewer "ideas," more rockets, please.
apple
Last night, Steve Jobs attended a Product (Red) party with Bobby Shriver, the charitable venture's chairman, and Steve Jurvetson, the spotlight-hungry, Nazi-missile-loving venture capitalist. Jurvetson got a wall-of-fame shot with his new pals, and transcribed the following conversation:
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Steve Jobs: "I don't give a s--t what I look like"
Last night, Steve Jobs attended a Product (Red) party with Bobby Shriver, the charitable venture's chairman, and Steve Jurvetson, the spotlight-hungry, Nazi-missile-loving venture capitalist. Jurvetson got a wall-of-fame shot with his new pals, and transcribed the following conversation:
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venture capital
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson has a thing for rockets. He once built and launched a miniature replica of the Nazis' V2 rocket, the weapon Hitler used to devastate London during World War II. Well, the early investor in Hotmail, is back at it. Now director of space operations at local blogger Todd Lappin's faux company, Telstar Logistics, Jurvetson and a team traveled to Farmington, California to launch the Telstar Logistics Expediter over the weekend. They strapped a video camera to it, so enjoy the ride. All 5,186 feet of it. So close, and yet so far.
Steve Jurvetson fails to make the mile-high club
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson has a thing for rockets. He once built and launched a miniature replica of the Nazis' V2 rocket, the weapon Hitler used to devastate London during World War II. Well, the early investor in Hotmail, is back at it. Now director of space operations at local blogger Todd Lappin's faux company, Telstar Logistics, Jurvetson and a team traveled to Farmington, California to launch the Telstar Logistics Expediter over the weekend. They strapped a video camera to it, so enjoy the ride. All 5,186 feet of it. So close, and yet so far.
venture capital
Redfin gets cash, but no love, from star investors
Draper Fisher Jurvetson has led a $12 million investment round in Redfin, the Seattle-based online real-estate broker. But what does it say that Tim Draper and Steve Jurvetson, the venture capitalists behind such early Internet hits as Overture and Hotmail, have delegated new Web discoveries to junior partners in their firm? Emily Melton, a Stanford MBA with no big hits to her name, is joining Redfin's board, having "monitor[ed] Redfin's progress since early 2006," according to a company press release. Here's what that tells me about what investors really think. More »
"Eric told me that he has to assume that he is always on the record, and false rumors are less likely to form if all of the original source material is online."
Interesting advice. [Steve Jurvetson on Flickr]
What's on Steve Jurvetson's desk
On the occasion of his 40th birthday, DFJ's Steve Jurvetson gives an annotated Flickr tour of his desk space. Not quite as detailed as the Kevin Rose version, but he's got Bill Clinton in the mix.
On the occasion of his 40th birthday, DFJ's Steve Jurvetson gives an annotated Flickr tour of his desk space. Not quite as detailed as the Kevin Rose version, but he's got Bill Clinton in the mix.
geeks gone wild
10 Most Embarrassing Geek Photos
NICK DOUGLAS — Underneath all that decorum and collared polyester, geeks have crazy personalities waiting to bust out. Normally they have to suppress those personalities to appease investors and look like Real Important Bosses. But when they find their time to shine, they pull poses that would make Star Wars Kid proud. Here are the top ten photos some geeks wish time forgot. (Warning: some shots are a touch NSFW.) More »
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Steve Jurvetson's fallback career
Steve Jurvetson, managing director of VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson and early investor in Hotmail, has a rich life. In addition to rocketry, mountain biking, astronomy, and storm-drain spelunking, Jurvetson also finds time to snap the odd photo or two. One of his pictures even made it into Maxim this month. With DFJ's investment in Tagworld on the rocks, and no big hits in Jurvetson's portfolio since the 1999 IPOs of Kana and Interwoven, maybe Steve is glad to know he can fall back on freelance photography if the whole VC thing doesn't work out.
silicon valley users guide
PAUL BOUTIN — Breakfast at Buck's in Woodside is the Valley version of a media power lunch at Michael's in Manhattan. Bring your laptop demo, suck down the free Wi-Fi, and order the pancakes. But it's not the power brokers you want to shmooze — it's the guy behind the counter.
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SVUG #4: Where can I run into VCs?
PAUL BOUTIN — Breakfast at Buck's in Woodside is the Valley version of a media power lunch at Michael's in Manhattan. Bring your laptop demo, suck down the free Wi-Fi, and order the pancakes. But it's not the power brokers you want to shmooze — it's the guy behind the counter.
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tony perkins
Fresh from back in January: VCs bump heads at the Churchill Club's annual trend argument
What happens when you stick a handful of VCs into a room and ask them to pontificate? Apparently not much. By the time that notables like John Doerr and Steve Jurvetson got to this late excerpted part of their panel at the Churchill club, they were playing the Valley version of those late-night college bull sessions — "Dude! Dude! The girls on The O.C. are all hot but if you HAD TO PICK JUST ONE..." — with the usual "Who's the next ___" talk. More »
bubble watch watch
Bubble watch watch: Jurvetson still calm, rich
It's the Financial Times' turn to run another Bubble Watch piece ("the trend story that never was"). Two writers and a third doing "additional reporting" fail to turn up little insight, even with the willing, quotable help of super-VC Steve Jurvetson. More »
telstar logistics
Telstar Logistics: The most fundable company in the Valley
Telstar Logistics has spread its brand since the 80s to every loading dock, abandoned warehouse campus, and military base it could reach. It's also fake, but when did that stop anyone? More »
jeff jordan
Jeff Jordan is just another Valley workaholic
PayPal president Jeff Jordan (the man afraid of Google) made sure the Wall Street Journal saw him as a hard worker — or a sick freak: More »
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