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Eric Olson, Draper Fisher, Uncertainty and Startups

2009-11-25T19:00:09.883Z

The Talk: Uncertainty and Startups

Bio: Eric Olson is Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners' first Associate. His responsibilities include sourcing deals and working on due diligence. Prior to DFJ Portage Olson worked in Partner Development at Google and in Business Development for DFJ Portage backed startup FeedBurner which was acquired by Google in June 2007. Olson started his career as an analyst at Cambridge Associates in Boston, MA where he focused on alternative assets and particularly Venture Capital. In his spare time Olson is one half the founding duo of TECH cocktail, a quarterly networking event for technology people in Chicago and the Midwest, which draws in 500+ of the best Midwest entrepreneurs each quarter. Eric also volunteers at World Bicycle Relief where he advises on web strategy. Olson holds a B.S. in Finance with a minor in Information Technology from Bentley College (magna cum laude).

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners

On CNMS: My hope for the CNMS is that the summit will shine a light on all of the great new media goings on in Chicago. Chicago is absolutely a new media player and the summit will allow others to recognize that and will bring all of the new media talent in Chicago together.

On Eric: "The fact that DFJ Portage picked up Eric shouldn't be a good indicator of how brilliant and energetic and connected and driven Eric is. Not at all. I knew him wayyyy back in April 2006, when he was with the plucky startup, FeedBurner, and wiring up tons of relationships between content publishers and advertisers. Eric had a perfect ability to be humble, friendly, approachable, and yet business-savvy enough to sort the wheat from the chaff. Everything that has come between then and now all magically slots into Eric's powerful ability to transform passion for ideas and people into insight for business and future trends. What Eric watches, I look into as well. What he shares his passions about, I investigate. Watch this man. Stay close, and bring him into your world as soon as possible, because he's going all the way to the top." - Chris Brogan (new media superstar)

Chris Casino Ross' HP Webisode

2009-11-21T16:01:05.492Z

Giving Mom a Break with FittleBug

2009-11-18T15:55:50.394Z

BusinessBridge, a St.Charles IL company, has built a 24 hour a day Real-Time, Mom's Time (or dad), Scheduling tool that Empowers Mom's, Simplifies Life and allows people to schedule with Service People on Consumer Time, based on Provider Time - Anytime!!! (Beta)

Daisy Whitneys New Media Minute: Viral Video is Dead

2009-11-17T22:34:34.193Z

Viral video is dead. Long live low production values. The cheaper the better. Those are the sage words of Kevin Nalty, who is an online video strategist, a career marketer, and a YouTube star with more than 100 million views of his videos. In this episode of the New Media Minute, shot on location at the recent iMedia Summit in Las Vegas, he shared his tips for brands that want to play in the YouTube sandbox with New Media Minute host Daisy Whitney.

Tim Jahns Beyond the Pedway: AKA MEDIA INC

2009-11-14T14:41:12.059Z

BLURB: This week on Beyond The Pedway, Tim chats with the folks from AKA MEDIA INC, a fun video production company on the Mag Mile. Started 10 years ago right here in Chicago, AKA MEDIA INC is a strong 10 person team that produces all varieties of video work for a wide range of clients big and small. They also love to have pizza Friday every first Friday of the month!

COMPANY: AKA MEDIA INC
COMANY URL: http://www.akamediainc.com
BAND: Brighton, MA
BAND URL: http://www.brightonma.net