K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Diego and I first met in 1997. I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). Diego had just started in the MSE program.

Pennsylvania 93

Pennsylvania Search Acquisition Software Engineering 93

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Diego and I first met in 1997. I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). Diego had just started in the MSE program.

Pennsylvania 90

Pennsylvania Search Acquisition Software Engineering 90

Diego Basch

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

When I first got there in 1997, I was taken aback by what I perceived as a display of wealth on campus. Because I recently had a “startup exit” a fellow alumnus asked me to join him in a slightly larger donation. Going to CMU for my Masters in Software Engineering was one of the single best decisions I’ve ever made.

Argentina 55

Argentina Silicon Valley Software Engineering .Net 55

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

More recently, Eric Ries and Dave McClure added fuel to the fire (See Eric Ries’ blog post: Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet) and helped kick off a campaign on @ 2Gov. In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug.

United States 114

United States Founder India Venture Capital 114

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. It’s new businesses. Conclusion.

Leadership 46

Leadership Entrepreneur IPO Brazil 46