Mark Barry
Key Account Director
Finance & Operations
Software Patents - Live To Tell Another Day
As a growth venture capital firm, we are highly interested in IP and patents. Yesterday, the much anticipated Bilski vs....
by Mark Barry
Startup Strategy
Sales 2.0: Succeeding in the New World of High Productivity
Last week, OpenView Venture Partners, along with the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP), Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI),...
by Mark Barry
Startup Strategy
Sales and Marketing - Crossing the Divide
I read a great blog today entitled Why Marketing and Sales Need an SLA by Ardeth Albee. Ardeth recently spoke...
by Mark Barry
Finance & Operations
Are You Effectively Leveraging Your VCs and Board?
This week, Brad Feld posted an excellent blog on giving your venture capitalists (and board members) assignments. Brad points out...
by Mark Barry
Startup Strategy
Are you running a profitable professional services business?
As a growth capital fund, I am always surprised to find that expansion stage software companies that sell professional services...
by Mark Barry
Startup News
Cloud Computing and the Great Wild West
Earlier this week, I attended the international cloud conference and expo at Javits Convention Center in New York. Needless to...
by Mark Barry
Finance & Operations
Burning the Ships...Advice for Top Venture Capital Firms
Today I attended the GSU Corporate Intellectual Property Roundtable with guest speaker, Marshall Phelps. Marshall oversaw Intellectual Property and Licensing at...
by Mark Barry
Startup Strategy
A New Generation of Leaders for 2010
Aspire, an internationally-recognized leader in executive coaching, leadership development, consultancy, events and research related to women as leaders, have recently...
by Mark Barry
Finance & Operations
Ten Hot Cloud Apps @ Google Apps Marketplace
I finally had an opportunity to visit the Google Apps Marketplace the weekend. It's chalked-full of third party suppliers of...
by Mark Barry