Our guest this week is Marti Nyman, a senior business development executive with more than 20 years of success in areas within the Energy, Telecommunications, and Consumer Retail sectors, and, most recently, was responsible for the formation and launch of Best Buy’s Venture Capital practice.
Nyman, along with serial entrepreneur John Montague, are off on a new adventure — certain to make a big impact on the startup climate here in Minnesota — called “40 Ventures” and he tells us all about their innovative model of a fund for startups.
Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Discussed During the Show Notes:
- Go2Web20
- YCombinator
- TechStars
- New York Times article on venture capital study
Podcast: Download (Duration: 41:32 — 28.5MB)
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Good luck to Marti. I’m glad someone in this town is trying to flush investors out of their foxholes for a more organized & focused approach to seed funding than the one-off deals that seem to be all that’s happening here today.
May 26th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Great to see this model finally launching here in MN. Long overdue!
Parallel local initiative: http://www.startupshaker.com
More to follow
May 27th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Fantastic to hear. Now lets bring killer ideas and teams to the table!
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:52 pm
For those looking for help…
You have to get in front of Marti. Speaking from experience, he is able to give your business model a quick sniff test to let you know if it will work or not. He was invaluable to my career as an entrepreneur, and shared the ideas and support to help me move my deal forward.