Making Connections with Venture Capitalist

I recently read an article for entrepreneurs outlining all of the different venture capitalists in the US. The list contained a list for early seed investors as well as mezzanine rounds. After making some calls and making connections, I found out some valuable information.

What I did not know is that VC's have certain times in the year for investing. Some invest in the beginning of the year others invest based on their fiscal year. Bottom line, knowing the time of the year that VC's invest money can save a lot of time and help you coordinate launch times, presentations, and sales pitches.

Over the next couple of posts, I am going to include more information about making connections with VC's. Stay tuned for more information.

NaShawn

Balance Scorecard for AT&T

It has been quite a while since I blogged but I have been very busy with my classes. In my financial management class, I had to develop a balanced scorecard. The balance scorecard developed by Harvard researchers Drs. Robert Kaplan (Harvard Business School) and David Norton. According to the Balance Scorecard Institute, “The balance scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. In this case, I used the status of the wireless battle over the iPhone between Verizon and AT&T to map out a strategy to beat the competition.

Here is a link to the final project: http://www.box.net/shared/go5bt9eqll