Ari Newman of Newman Venture Advisors led a Nov 11, 2006 BarCamp discussion on startup issues including funding, formation, legal, marketing, and other issues.

Through the brute force of his personality, David contrives to give a dramatic reading of the past week's online debate with VC Todd Dagres. Before you run away screaming, we also talk about Scale Venture Partners, open season for VCs, conferences (what else?) and the relationships that banks have with VC firms. And you thought the new year was gonna be dull...

why raise VC for your start up.

Successes like YouTube and MySpace are standout examples of the kind of enthusiasm that the market — and venture funds — have had for all things Web 2.0. One inevitable side-effect of all this exuberance has been skepticism — especially from the veteran investors who have seen this movie already. Todd Dagres, founder of Boston-based venture firm Spark Capital, has a few words to say about what he sees as the real value of Web 2.0. He tells Inside Digital Media's Phil Leigh how he looks at the current investment climate when it comes to the social media space.

Guy Kawasaki, blogger, author of 8 books, venture capitalist and former Apple marketing executive, believes CMOs today should "just quit" if they are working with CEOs who don't get social media. Talking from his home in Silicon Valley, Guy explains what is important about social media, how he plans to monetize his blog and his plans for his next book.

A special extra-length program featuring the victims we cornered one morning at this year's Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. We start with a freeway discussion about Charles River Ventures new QuickStart program. In the lobby of the conference, we h

At a Churchill Club event on September 14, a gang of venture capitalists participated in a panel, "Small is Beautiful: Building a Successful Company with Less Capital." It's part of the new culture of startups, which are taking far less capital investment than the first round of Web startups. The panelists discuss what it takes to build a successful company with less capital, designing capital-efficient business models and managing through the rough times on a budget. The speakers included: Joyce Chung, General Partner, Cardinal Venture Capital John Dean, Managing Director, Startup Capital Ventures Ho Nam, Managing Director, Altos Ventures Ian Patrick Sobieski, Managing Director, Band of Angels The moderator was Bill Reichert, Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures.