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Discussions and clarifications

May 21 2007

I’m convinced that high schools/colleges should teach a class called: “Phone calls 101″.

So much can be figured out in a 10 minute phone call, and so many of us won’t do it. I’ve said it before.

And a couple weeks back, I had a phone conversation related to a post I did about Utah Entrepreneurs and Utah Investors.

John Richards and I connected via email after I posted concerning his article
Utah entrepreneurs face venture hurdle
that ran in the Salt Lake based paper the Deseret News. After an email or two, John called me up on my cell phone to talk through the points he was trying to make in that article. I can say this: after that phone call, I had a completely different

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Utah entrepreneurs and Utah investors: The Main Event

May 3 2007

Fact: Wherever you find entrepreneurs, you will also find investors—angel investors, venture capitalists, private equity, etc. This is especially true in regions like Utah where there is a lot of entrepreneurial activity and an economy–and a Governor–focused on technology companies. One of the interesting dynamics that I like to always better understand is how the sometimes love/hate relationship between entrepreneurs and investors can be different from region to region. Most people would agree that the Holy Grail of this dynamic between entrepreneurs and investors exists in the Silicon Valley region of California. The sheer quantity and quality of companies started there and of investors located there give it this undisputed designation.

One only has to go there and drive down any freeway

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