October, 2007

Sacramento WiFi project stalled

The Sacramento Metro Connect consortium that has received the city contract to build a 90 square mile wifi net and blanket the city with wireless internet access says the project has hit another delay  read more »

City Assault

Getting your VC's attention

A few days ago I wrote about using your board more effectively. Related to this is how you use your VCs.  read more »

WSJ Entrepreneurship blog

The Wall Street Journal has started a new blog focused on entrepreneurs.  read more »

SynapSense raises $10 million

Folsom’s SynapSense has raised a $10 million series B round, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $12 million.  read more »

Effective use of your board

VentureBeat has a guest editorial by Nick Sturiale, a partner at the venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds that describes [how board meetings can be run](http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/02/death-by-bo  read more »

Venture M&A activity at highest point since 2000

The Business Journal is reporting that US-based merger and acquisition activity for venture backed companies was it it’s [highest point since 2000](http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/1  read more »

Financial modeling for startups

Redfin has posted an interesting peek into their financial models.  read more »