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| About Paul Kedrosky |
| Dr. Kedrosky is currently the Executive Director of the William J. von Liebig Center in San Diego, California. Using an innovative seed capital program, the Center catalyzes the commercialization of technologies from the internationally-ranked University of California, San Diego. Dr. Kedrosky is also a venture investor with Ventures West, Canada's largest institutional venture capital firm, where he is most active in consumer technologies and software. He is currently on the board of Marqui Corporation, a marketing automation software company. |
Recent Article:
Entrepreneurs, VCs, and Peeing on a Burning Bush
- For more on Paul Kedrosky visit paul.kedrosky.com
Many surreal things have happened to me as I hang with entrepreneurs (including the time a runaway golf cart ran me over, but I digress). A recent incident, however, just joined the pantheon.
Four of us (two investors, and two entrepreneurs) were standing outside the Computer Science department of a well-known university, when I smelled smoke. I said, "Anyone else smell smoke?". One of the company's founders replied, "Yes, smells like wood smoke", to which I responded with a typically wise-ass remark about the source being all the Big Thinking going on in the offices overhead.
A few minutes later, however, a fire sprung up under a nearby tree. Dead grass and ground cover that must have been smokily smoldering had ignited, complete with two-foot flames. It was surprisingly big, and it was growing.
Demonstrating, once again, that entrepreneurs are better than VCs at snap decisions, I was still suggesting spectacular but impractical solutions -- "Uhhh, anyone need to pee?" -- when one of the entrepreneurs rushed over and stamped out the fire. Whew!
In case anyone's wondering, no-one heard voices from the burning bush, not Jehovah, and not Larry or Sergey for that matter.
Entrepreneurs VCs and Peeing on a Burning Bush - To learn more about this author, visit Paul Kedrosky's Website.
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