Random Ramblings Some notes for our international readers, and for those domestics unfortunate enough to be working today (trust me, I can sympathize): *** PE Week will report on Monday that Worldview Technology Partners has begun looking to raise between $250 million and $300 million for its fifth fund, which is a significant step-down from […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Clash of the Titans Take a walk within private equity circles (figuratively or literally), and you’ll hear incessant chatter about the lawsuit filed by Abry Partners against Providence Equity Partners. It has supplanted Refco as the industry scandal de […]
Thursday Throwback The sky is gray, the beloved Celtics finally won a buzzer-beater and Nanosys proves that VCs can be continually pacified by the promise of products (as opposed to the public markets, which generally like to see the things). In other words, it’s time for Friday Feedback… err, Thursday Throwback. First up was last […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Friday Feedback The air is chilled, the phrase Web 2.0 already has become tiresome and yet another “worst hurricane ever” is threatening. In other words, it’s time for Friday Feedback. Most email this week concerned Refco, which yesterday received […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Reducing The Appearance of Impropriety Ever since President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to be a Supreme Court justice, pundits and politicians have been debating her qualifications for the job (others are questioning if she’s conservative enough, but we’ll leave […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Random Ramblings A few notes for those not taking three-day weekends (or four-day weekends, for our German readers)… Hand-In-Glove: That’s how Steve Meredith of Edwards & Angell LLP is describing his firm’s upcoming merger with Palmer & Dodge LLP. […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Just Linking Around *** The private equity-tinged political scandal in Illinois deepens. *** The back-story on Skype’s original VC backing, including how much Bill Draper put in (free sub req.). Speaking of Skype, Dave Cowan of Bessemer notes that […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Friday Feedback The sky is gray, the Patriots are back and I’ve got to find some decent clothes for my 4th wedding anniversary dinner tonight. In other words, it’s time for Friday Feedback. Last Friday’s column on Hurricane Katrina […]
Get The PE Week Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Mr. Weld Goes to Albany? William Weld, former Massachusetts governor and current private equity pro with Leeds Weld & Co. is planning to run for Governor of New York. He’s officially still in the “exploration” mode, but that’s kind […]
No lengthy column today in Dan's absence, just a quick endorsement of iCon, a book about Steve Jobs, and a quick thought. I'm only up to page 111, or 1984, but it happens to be the point in time where, according to the author, then-Apple board member Arthur Rock, one of the venture capital market's […]