OC VC

Open Letter to Congress

ocvc — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:07:43 +0000

I am writing to you today as a concerned citizen with a truly global perspective who also happens to be a co-founder and managing director of a small (~$30M) venture capital fund that invests in promising seed and early-stage technology and life science companies in Southern California. I want to relay to you my deep [...]

Despite the Odds…My Damn Channel Continues to Deliver

ocvc — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:56:07 +0000

Despite the odds, My Damn Channel continues to produce the goods and prove just what a “small, extremely focused, capital efficient rebel-media-army” can do…even in a downturn of today’s magnitude. If you aren’t already hip to the MDC crew, check ‘em out at www.mydamnchannel.com. If you like what you see, please make sure to spread [...]

Disintermediation Downside

ocvc — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:17:47 +0000

For those of you that know me, you know I have always been a big fan of disintermediation (i.e. removing the middleman or intermediary) - both from a cost reduction perspective as well as from an operational efficiency perspective. In fact, I am always intrigued by start-ups claiming to truly disintermediated an industry in a [...]

Angel Funding

ocvc — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:44:31 +0000

Well, I was going to write a post about angel funding to go along with my “Start-Up Tool Kit” post from this past Thursday (see post immediately below)…but I’m a BIG believer in not inventing the wheel for the sake of doing so. I will, therefore, simply point you to a great piece I found [...]

Start-Up Tool Kit

ocvc — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:42:46 +0000

Most of you know I am a “reformed” or “recovering” (take your pick of adjective) attorney and have written before about them in my posts (e.g., click here). Most of you also know that I am friends with so many great attorneys that I never play favorites — I simply send people to My Attorney [...]