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Special Guest Speaker
Bo Peabody
Author of “Lucky or Smart?”
Bo has been featured in Forbes, Fortune and BusinessWeek, and speaks extensively about technology and entrepreneurship. Founder of Tripod, one of the original developers of web-based personal publishing & communities and Village Ventures, Bo will provide his insightful perspectives on both sides of the entrepreneurial equation in a thought-provoking talk entitled:
Special Address Entitled:
WHAT’S LUCK GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Notes from a Serial Entrepreneur (Turned VC)
Biographical Profile
Bo is co-founder and Managing General Partner of Village Ventures. Together with Matt Harris, Bo has been responsible for building Village Ventures into a network of over a dozen regionally focused venture funds with over $250 million under management. In 1992, Bo founded Tripod, Inc., one of the original developers of web-based personal publishing and communities. Tripod was sold to Lycos in 1998 for $58 million. Bo then became Vice President of Network Strategy for Lycos, which was sold to Spain's Terra Networks for $12.5 billion in stock in 2001. In 1998, Bo co-founded Streetmail (now called Waterfront Media); in 2000, he co-founded VoodooVox (formerly RadioVoodoo); and in 2004, he co-founded FullTurn Entertainment. Bo focuses on consumer-oriented businesses including advertising, subscriptions and e-commerce. He is featured regularly in major business and consumer publications, and has received numerous honors. Bo recently wrote a book for entrepreneurs called Lucky or Smart?, which was published by Random House in January 2005. A graduate of Williams College, Bo resides in Williamstown, MA. He is on the board of The Academy at Charlemont and The Williamstown Theater Festival.
About Village Ventures
Village Ventures is a seed and early stage venture capital firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building technology and life sciences companies in emerging U.S. technology centers. These markets offer world class innovation but lack institutional seed and early stage capital. Through its unique network of Partner Funds, Village Ventures gains access to promising investments at attractive valuations in these markets. Village Ventures leverages the geographic disparity in the concentration of venture capital. According to company research, 77% of venture capital goes to markets with only 17% of the population and 25% of the graduate degrees. The Village Ventures network of funds is active in domestic emerging technology markets that are less crowded by established venture firms. Village Ventures’ markets are typically rich in intellectual capital and are home to universities, colleges and Fortune 1000 companies. They offer a higher quality of life and lower cost of doing business than traditional venture capital centers. Village Ventures invests in promising opportunities identified by its general partners as well as the investment professionals of its Partner Funds. The Partner Funds in the Village Ventures network are The Berkshires Capital Investors, Williamstown, MA; The Worcester Venture Fund, Worcester, MA; Long River Ventures, Springfield, MA; Tall Oaks Capital, Charlottesville, VA; FreshTracks Capital, Burlington-Middlebury, VT; Inflexion Fund, Tampa, FL; Point Judith Venture Fund, Providence, RI; Solstice Capital, Tucson, AZ; Borealis Ventures, Hanover, NH/Portland, ME; Highway 12 Ventures, Boise, ID; High Peaks Ventures, Albany, NY; Spring Mill Venture Fund, Indianapolis, IN.
Village Ventures • 430 Main Street • Suite 1 • Williamstown • Massachusetts • 01267
P: 413.458.1100 • F: 413.458.0336 • www.VillageVentures.com
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