I'm a Pioneer!

Quoted: It was joined by angel investors Tim Ferriss (author of the 4 Hour Work Week), Mike Koss (an early pioneer at Microsoft), Chris Sacca (a former Google executive) and Mike Seckler (formerly the founder of Employease).

I've heard of this show - but not had a chance to watch it yet.

Quoted: Start-Up Junkies video details: Follow “serial entrepreneurs” who thrive on the excitement of working on new ventures. | Watch Start-Up Junkies online for free at Hulu.com.

Website that helps startups and angels connect. Haven't used it myself. Looks like there is significant deal flow moving through the site.

Quoted: We help match angel investors and entrepreneurs. Post your business plan or video, and download free sample plans and find valuable investor information.

Next Keiretsu meeting - Thursday 7:30am - 11:30am

I was just discussing Y Combinator with Hans Omli at Mindcamp. He's trying to spool up a similar fund in the Seattle area.

Quoted: Y Combinator primarily invests in software and web services. Twice a year (Fall and Spring), teams submit applications about their ideas, focusing less on business models and more on vision and the founders themselves. Summer teams interview during the Spring in San Francisco, while Winter teams interview during the Fall in Cambridge. If selected, the Summer teams work in Cambridge, while the Winter teams work out of the Bay Area.

redotting Tosh.

List of investments Dan Rosen (of AoA, and formerly Fraiser) is involved with.

AoA company - Jan 2006 luncheon.

Quoted: mPoria enables merchants to market and sell their products via mobile phones. Any merchant with an e-commerce site can easily plug in to mPoria’s Network ...

Survey of board member and advisory board compensation - 2002.

Quoted: As companies mature and become larger they tend to pay a smaller percentage of equity to their advisory board members. Companies that had raised less ...

Met founder Joe McCarthy at my Tullys - because I saw him working on a slide deck that had "Alliance of Angels" lists (yes, I was peeking!). We got to talking - sound like he has an interesting biz idea.

Blue Dot could partner with him to create a very interesting (cross) promotion - you can have a physical event (meetup) and display Blue Dot user's dots/recommendations when they approach the display screen...