From NFTE:
World Series of Innovation Saturday, September 29, 2012
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!!!
Are you interested in:
- Serving as an Innovation Coach for one or more teams?
- Guiding students through experiential activities?
- Encouraging students?
- Modeling positive behavior and collaboration?
- Assisting students with idea development?
- Providing targeted advice for areas where students have difficulty understanding or articulating?
- Helping to develop student’s submissions for consideration in The World Series of Innovation?
- Proofreading submission for content and clarity?
If any of these areas interest you then please join us on Saturday, September 29th from 9:00 to noon as students select from 6 categories and create an innovative solution in those areas.
Where: Greiner Middle School, 501 S. Edgefied, Dallas, TX 75208
Time: 9:00 a.m. to noon
How to become involved.
If you are currently registered in the NFTE Greater Dallas Volunteer Group please click on the link below to login and then go to the volunteer portal to select World Series of Innovation to sign up.
If you are not currently registered with the NFTE Greater Dallas Volunteer Group, please click on the link below to register.
Important: Because volunteers will be working one-on-one with student groups it is imperative that a criminal background check has been completed and approved.
If you have questions or need any additional information, please feel free to contact Karen Ezell at 469.544.6082 or email Karen at karen.ezell@nfte.com
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, September 29th.
Karen Ezell
Program Director, NFTE Greater Dallas
Is Value-Based Venture Investing Returning?
Published September 27, 2012 Commentary , Investing 1 CommentThe Wall Street Journal and others are noticing that Internet startup valuations are coming back to Earth. Aggregate numbers show industry rebalancing. Health and consumer services investment sectors are down big. Energy is up.
The press and Wall Street love a great story, which means sex and financial gore. Silicon Valley has grown large enough to accommodate. From billionaire moguls to VC and superangel glitterati and seductive new products to painful lawsuits, there is always a tale of intrigue.
But the players in the news are just the tip of the investment iceberg. There are about 600 angel networks that represent 12,000 accredited investors. That’s less than one percent of the estimated 1.6 million angels.
The real story is that value-based investing never left. As Ralph Patterson notes, “the majority of VCs and Angels haven’t strayed very far from the belief in ‘traction.'”
Funding fashions come and go in the top strata of Bay Area and other venture capitals. But everywhere else value investing in the best deals available was and continues to be the norm.
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