Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:57:08 -0800 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://ventureblog.com Podcast Maker v1.3.6 - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker A random talk down Sand Hill Road with David Hornik and Craig Syverson. Venture capitalist David Hornik, author of the popular VentureBlog, and Craig Syverson, founder of gruntmedia, take a random talk down Sand Hill Road with conversations, interviews and conference reports around the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial scene. en David Hornik and Craig Syverson David Hornik hornik@augustcap.com http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_logo300_144.jpg http://ventureblog.com 144 144 Business Business News Investing venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia no David Hornik & Craig Syverson Holidays in the Sun Post-holiday regroup, Macworld report, a shameless plug for Stanford, a report from Harvard, memory loss, and a talk about how to go into a VC pitch. ©2008 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_030.mp3 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:06:40 -0800 Business no 00:52:45 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Just Say n00t Bodies fly when you're off the saddle - we don't cover Facebook but I do get David to talk more about the deep inner workings of how VCs make decisions. And then there are Loic's 10 points on entrepreneurship. All good. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_029.mp3 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:35:28 -0800 Business no 00:51:51 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Mystery Meet Time flies when you're back in the saddle - we cover things like blogworld, inside rounds, English Bulldogs, new media distribution, the usual venture and media geekerage... ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_028.mp3 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:13:44 -0800 Business no 00:45:07 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Out of the Lobby Finally back in the swing of things after a busy summer and an unusual autumn. We talk about the inaugural installment of David's own anti-conference, The Lobby, as well as touching on Open Social, Microsoft, Leopard and the old school of new media. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_027.mp3 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:44:32 -0800 Business no 00:48:41 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson TechCrunch Party 2007 Another field recording, harassing unsuspecting and innocent guests at the 2007 TechCruch party held at August Capital. Put this in a time capsule as a document of the Life and Times of the Web 2.0 era. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_026.mp3 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:57:46 -0700 Business no 00:45:23 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Angels Among Us? We go angel-spotting at University Cafe, but we scared them all away when the mics came out. We also talk about pesky PE firms, carried interest, iPhone love, Seagate, Done Right, the TechCruch party and Craig looking for a CEO and/or angel of his own. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_025.mp3 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:52:38 -0700 Business no 00:38:07 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Dodging the Issues Tomfoolery and cacophony from the First Annual Labor vs Capital Dodgeball Tournament held June 8, 2007. Maybe you had to be there. BTW, Labor took the trophy - now we've made 'em mad... ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_024.mp3 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:41:33 -0700 Business no 00:29:21 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson All Things DCE A fortnight of madness in acquisitions and announcements: Feedburner, LastFM, Mahalo, StumbleUpon, Bill & Steve, Facebook, George Lucas and a new device for David's Treo. First VentureCast edit in Soundtrack Pro 2.0 - very nice. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_023.mp3 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:48:36 -0700 Business no 00:36:43 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Martini Magic This installment covers the Microsoft Board of Directors, Conflicts of Interest, David's Basement Fantasy, Aggregate Knowledge, AppleTV, Advertising Mania and onlinetermsofservice.com. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_022.mp3 Sun, 20 May 2007 22:46:32 -0700 Business no 00:36:00 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Short Changed A week late, in a rush, but we got the show out. We talked about Double-Click and NAB and Web 2.0 Expo, but best of all we had our first walk-in guest who joined us halfway through - Barak Berkowitz, CEO and Chairman of Six Apart. He was a good sport, despite David's crass manipulations. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_021.mp3 Wed, 02 May 2007 19:53:26 -0700 Business no 00:32:11 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Passed Over The bright light of day sheds unfortunate clarity upon David as he realizes he should have invested in Feedburner. We also talk about happy things like one of his new investments, more (yawn) conferences, board seats, venture investing in San Jose, and a new twist to the inevitable bubble question. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_020.mp3 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:07:09 -0700 Business no 00:40:20 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson The Dark Episode So we're a bit behind, but a show was done as it must be. We cover Microsoft, TED, SXSW, Twitter, the NSF and other random things. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_019.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:38:24 -0700 Business no 00:53:11 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson The No Show No show this week - schedule problems. But check out a great interview with David at podtech.net/marketingvoices, and Craig's participation in another regular audio podcast, This Week in Media, at pixelcorps.tv. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_018.mp3 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:46:34 -0800 Business no 00:01:42 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson But Seriously... In this back-to-our-roots show, we atone for past frivolity by yarning on about the workings of private equity, hedge funds, buyouts, and valuations. A bonus micro-rant about DRM is also thrown in for good measure, in case you missed one before. For more detailed info on some of the production details, listen to Craig Syverson's audio blog re:grunt #005 - available on iTunes (search on re:grunt). ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_017.mp3 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:18:09 -0800 Business no 00:41:02 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson DEMO 07 Another conference ambush where we take a cross-section of the DEMO eco-system - companies pitching their products, PR people pitching their companies, VC's pitching the pitch, Barry Bonds hitting said pitch, and so on. A long show, light on the editing, gentle to the ears - except for the loud background din. For more detailed info on some of the production details, listen to Craig Syverson's audio blog re:grunt #005 - available on iTunes (search on re:grunt). ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_016.mp3 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:31:36 -0800 Business no 01:30:39 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Jeff Clavier is in the House Our first show with a live - and gracious - victim in the office, Jeff Clavier of SofttechVC. Discussions range from CES, MacWorld and many things Apple, the Julian Hornik music video, PodTech's BlogHaus, digg, Kevin Rose, Piczo, ego feeds and phone beef. http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_015.mp3 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:21:34 -0800 Business no 00:46:40 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Dramatis Personae Through the brute force of his personality, David contrives to give a dramatic reading of the past week's online debate with VC Todd Dagres. Before you run away screaming, we also talk about Scale Venture Partners, open season for VCs, conferences (what else?) and the relationships that banks have with VC firms. And you thought the new year was gonna be dull... http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_014.mp3 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:58:19 -0800 Business no 00:50:48 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Self Worth A non-wrap-up of 2006 - we talk about Apple and music, France and bloggers, Peter Thiel and Facebook, private companies and private values, owning and subscribing, gaming the search industry, the harzards of creating a micro-transaction business, mints for robots, and fish for bears. http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_013.mp3 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:58:19 -0800 Business no 00:43:13 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson The Feel Good Experience Slow news week, so we pontificate on the MetaCafe rumor, make up stuff about the Good Technology acquisition, talk about down rounds and who gets what, and David gets into a pro-Yahoo rant while wishing his ugly chair would break. We also cover Hanukkah decorations in Palo Alto and the bright future of podcasting (of course it's bright - whazzamatta you?) http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_012.mp3 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:45:46 -0800 Business no 00:32:45 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Dark Pasts, Peanut Butter Futures A pre-food-coma conversation about various topics: Google at $500 a share, how voting rights are managed, peanut butter and One Bank bring corporate culture into the glaring light, and the shocking revelations of our separate but dark histories. http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_011.mp3 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:01:59 -0800 Business no 00:36:25 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik & Craig Syverson Web 2.0 Conference Ambush A special extra-length program featuring the victims we cornered one morning at this year's Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. We start with a freeway discussion about Charles River Ventures new QuickStart program. In the lobby of the conference, we have conversations with the likes of Steve Gillmor, Jason Calacanis, Mark Stevens, Ariel Poler, Munjal Shah, Stan Chudnovsky, Mark Pincus, June Cohen and Chris Fralic. Thanks to everyone for playing along and giving us quality mic time. http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_010.mp3 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:04:46 -0800 Business no 01:16:45 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik and Craig Syverson Abundance and Scarcity In this week's program we talk a lot about podcasting, believe it or not, as well as the distinctions between angel funding and venture capital, the Odeo buyback, and Chris Anderson's ideas on the Economics of Abundance. http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_009.mp3 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:18:09 -0800 Business no 00:48:43 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia David Hornik and Craig Syverson VentureCast 2.0 - The Prodigal Cast Returns VentureCast is resurrected in a new format and a new co-host, Craig Syverson of gruntmedia. While I love podcasting, I found I was lacking the time to get the show out regularly. Craig called me and suggested that we start it up again and he would take care of the technical stuff - works for me. In this program, we have a conversation about Sevin Rosen's recent announcement, the future of venture capital, YouTube and other topics of the day. In future shows we'll interview guests, go to conferences, or simply have a conversation about what's happening in Silicon Valley that week. We plan to get a show out every couple weeks or so, whenever our schedules coincide. And, boy am I looking forward to a good BBQ. http://gruntmedia.cachefly.net/venturecast/MP3/VentureCast_008.mp3 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:19:27 -0700 Business no 00:39:36 venture, capital, entrepreneur, August Capital, gruntmedia