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Chatting with the IEEE

December 18, 2007

This afternoon Ron Jennings, CTO of StartTech and I were invited to talk to the Dallas Chapter of the IEEE about entrepreneurship and venture capital.  We discussed the opportunities for fund raising in North Texas and the state of startups in general.  I must say I enjoyed listening to Ron more than I enjoyed coming up with pearls of wisdom myself.  I concluded my thoughts by suggesting that entrepreneurs in North Texas should give up their NDAs and start sharing their ideas with one another.  Too few people actually execute on their own ideas to take the time to steal yours.  Go ahead and share your idea, it is likely you will find people who will help you execute.  Anyway, I got this cool clock…

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Blog 

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  1. brad Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    What’s the best forum in the DFW area for sharing ideas and finding quality people to work with?

  2. Leslie Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    Nice to meet you in person… hope to see you at the next EFNT event. (BTW… I have the same clock on my desk at work.)

  3. Al Ramirez Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    Dallas has a lot of experienced technical people and it is generally considered a great place for business. Problem for Dallas is that it is very much a “big company” town. These companies don’t need VCs thus the lack of funding sources. The best opportunity for a Dallas based start up to be successful would be to be incubated within a large corporation. You also hit the nail on the head. People rarely can execute so don’t worry so much about someone taking your idea.

  4. Jeremy Moore Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 8:42 pm

    So where is the best place for the exchange of and the furthering of these ideas? I know I am looking for a place to plugin with others and help further each others ideas.

  5. Ralph Muse Says:
    December 18th, 2007 at 10:39 pm

    As a EE myself and a former IEEE member, nice to see you addressing an engineering group. I told you engineers had fun too.
    Dad

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