VentureCast

We go angel-spotting at University Cafe, but we scared them all away when the mics came out. We also talk about pesky PE firms, carried interest, iPhone love, Seagate, Done Right, the TechCruch party and Craig looking for a CEO and/or angel of his own. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

Tomfoolery and cacophony from the First Annual Labor vs Capital Dodgeball Tournament held June 8, 2007. Maybe you had to be there. BTW, Labor took the trophy - now we've made 'em mad... ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

A fortnight of madness in acquisitions and announcements: Feedburner, LastFM, Mahalo, StumbleUpon, Bill & Steve, Facebook, George Lucas and a new device for David's Treo. First VentureCast edit in Soundtrack Pro 2.0 - very nice. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

This installment covers the Microsoft Board of Directors, Conflicts of Interest, David's Basement Fantasy, Aggregate Knowledge, AppleTV, Advertising Mania and onlinetermsofservice.com. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

A week late, in a rush, but we got the show out. We talked about Double-Click and NAB and Web 2.0 Expo, but best of all we had our first walk-in guest who joined us halfway through - Barak Berkowitz, CEO and Chairman of Six Apart. He was a good sport, despite David's crass manipulations. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

The bright light of day sheds unfortunate clarity upon David as he realizes he should have invested in Feedburner. We also talk about happy things like one of his new investments, more (yawn) conferences, board seats, venture investing in San Jose, and a new twist to the inevitable bubble question. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

So we're a bit behind, but a show was done as it must be. We cover Microsoft, TED, SXSW, Twitter, the NSF and other random things. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

No show this week - schedule problems. But check out a great interview with David at podtech.net/marketingvoices, and Craig's participation in another regular audio podcast, This Week in Media, at pixelcorps.tv. ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

In this back-to-our-roots show, we atone for past frivolity by yarning on about the workings of private equity, hedge funds, buyouts, and valuations. A bonus micro-rant about DRM is also thrown in for good measure, in case you missed one before. For more detailed info on some of the production details, listen to Craig Syverson's audio blog re:grunt #005 - available on iTunes (search on re:grunt). ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

Another conference ambush where we take a cross-section of the DEMO eco-system - companies pitching their products, PR people pitching their companies, VC's pitching the pitch, Barry Bonds hitting said pitch, and so on. A long show, light on the editing, gentle to the ears - except for the loud background din. For more detailed info on some of the production details, listen to Craig Syverson's audio blog re:grunt #005 - available on iTunes (search on re:grunt). ©2007 David Hornik & Craig Syverson

Our first show with a live - and gracious - victim in the office, Jeff Clavier of SofttechVC. Discussions range from CES, MacWorld and many things Apple, the Julian Hornik music video, PodTech's BlogHaus, digg, Kevin Rose, Piczo, ego feeds and phone beef.

Through the brute force of his personality, David contrives to give a dramatic reading of the past week's online debate with VC Todd Dagres. Before you run away screaming, we also talk about Scale Venture Partners, open season for VCs, conferences (what else?) and the relationships that banks have with VC firms. And you thought the new year was gonna be dull...

A non-wrap-up of 2006 - we talk about Apple and music, France and bloggers, Peter Thiel and Facebook, private companies and private values, owning and subscribing, gaming the search industry, the harzards of creating a micro-transaction business, mints for robots, and fish for bears.

Slow news week, so we pontificate on the MetaCafe rumor, make up stuff about the Good Technology acquisition, talk about down rounds and who gets what, and David gets into a pro-Yahoo rant while wishing his ugly chair would break. We also cover Hanukkah decorations in Palo Alto and the bright future of podcasting (of course it's bright - whazzamatta you?)

A pre-food-coma conversation about various topics: Google at $500 a share, how voting rights are managed, peanut butter and One Bank bring corporate culture into the glaring light, and the shocking revelations of our separate but dark histories.