We had parked on Second Street in downtown San Francisco and noticed that we were right in front of Alex Wipperfurth’s offices. Alex is a well known author (Brand Hijack) and the manager of Plan B. It was just after five, but I needed to use a bathroom and we were about to head down [...]

Brad Feld wrote a detailed post on why you should incorporate in Delaware titled, “Why incorporate in Delaware?” I agree with his advice. Delaware is the safest bet for companies located anywhere in the United States. If you are in Texas, Texas is fine as well as California for California companies – everyone else stick [...]

Our company, Spur, now has a website. We are still working out the kinks, but in the traditional of perpetual beta, feel free to take a look by visiting: Spur.

Skywire Software, a Dallas based enterprise software provider, announced the sale of Object Manager to Newmerix. Newmerix is backed by Siemens Venture Capital (they raised $5MM earlier this year). The company bought the SAP integration tool three or four years ago to broaden their offering. Today the tool is a great strategic fit for Newmerix’s [...]

Info Edge India Pvt. Ltd. the company who runs a job site called Naukri.com  filed to raise $29MM in an IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchange.  The company says the funds will be used for M&A.  The company was funded ($4.7MM earlier this year) by Silicon Valley powerhouse Kleiner Perkins and Sherpalo Ventures. Sanjeev Bikhchandani [...]

For months people have been talking about net neutrality.  Tim Wu, author of Who Controls the Internet, came up with the term and argued that the internet has NEVER been a neutral place as it has a “built in bias against … VoIP.  The big concern is that major network operators (i.e. United States Telcos) [...]

Spur has a new channel on Freenode for anyone interested in discussing our various projects (Big in Japan, SimpleTicket, Weblogs Work, hResume or Architel).  We know it is a little old school, but it works for us.  Feel free to pop on if you have a question, concern or suggestion.  Someone will usually be on. [...]

Navini (actually based in Richardson) makes wireless broadband networking gear.  Founded in 2000, the company has raised over $152MM over the years and their latest round was lead by Intel Capital.  Lead by Roger Dorf, the company is on the verge of rolling out their next generation wireless broadband equipment.  Maryvonne Tubb agreed to sit [...]

Fred Wilson talks about why it is difficult for big company managers to become successful startup CEOs. To succeed startups need to “bet the company every day.” He suggests that most Fortune 500 managers are taught to mitigate risks and manage the downside. He contends that startups don’t have a downside that is worth protecting. [...]