by Jason Mendelson February 10, 2009

Ask the VC Live (Update) and Start Up Drinks

As previous posted, I’m presenting at the University of Colorado a 1.5 hour "crash course" lecture on the VC industry. There are two updates: 1. The program is February 24th (not 25th, as originally posted) at 5:15 at the CU law school. You can find more information here. 2. Several folks are getting together and […]

As previous posted, I’m presenting at the University of Colorado a 1.5 hour "crash course" lecture on the VC industry.

There are two updates:

1. The program is February 24th (not 25th, as originally posted) at 5:15 at the CU law school. You can find more information here.

2. Several folks are getting together and re-creating "Boulder Start-up Drinks" after my presentation. This was a good event that I was sorry to see fade away, so I’m glad that it’s found new life.

I am still working on getting the presentation recorded in some fashion, as there has been a fair deal of interest.

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