Ask A VC Show

April 26, 2023

VC Tim Draper points out that VC funding for startups will become a lot tighter since the collapse of SVB, and advises entrepreneurs to conserve cash.

Chat with author and journalist Rebecca A. Fannin and audience Q&A

Our Next Ask A VC show features

Michael Basch of Tulsa's Atento Capital, which has just raised a new $100 million fund. We'll ask Michael about the fund's strategy to invest in the middle of this country and why.

Stay tuned. This May!

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Foreign Press Assn. Briefing

Silicon Heartland Author Rebecca Fannin

and Simon Locke April 27

WPXI, Pittsburgh

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Interview with Host Bill Flannagan

at CMU's Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship

March 31

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Worth Reading

Some communities I visited on the book tour are fearful of the change that new tech will have on their landscape and culture.

This article about changes in Bend, Oregon reinforces that view and sends a caution signal to get development right.

Homeless in the City Where he was Once Mayor. His Descent onto the Streets of Bend, Ore. The New York Times

Travel Pick

Recently renovated Covington Hotel in Covington, Ky. (just south of Cincy)

The mayor debuted the new North extension at a media briefing held outside on a street closed to traffic.