Mike Edelhart

February 4, 2018

Social Starts

Blockchain without the BS

Mike Edelhart

February 4, 2018

Social Starts

We know a hysterical bubble when we see one, and current crypto is it.

Mike Edelhart

January 7, 2018

Social Starts

Early Stage Slumps Come and Go - We Will Always Be Here

Mike Edelhart

January 7, 2018

Social Starts

Early Stage Slumps Come and Go - We Will Always Be Here

We are committed to investing at the earliest moment. We are constant.

Mike Edelhart

January 4, 2018

Social Starts

Social Networking and Society: It's Not As Bad As You Think

Mike Edelhart

January 4, 2018

Social Starts

Social Networking and Society: It's Not As Bad As You Think

Current social networks have had an impact on society both far greater than earlier technologies and quite surprising in character.

Mike Edelhart

December 20, 2017

Social Starts

Joyance Partners: A New Member of Our Fund Family

Mike Edelhart

December 20, 2017

Social Starts

Joyance Partners: A New Member of Our Fund Family

Joyance Partners is the first VC health fund focused purely on individual, personal experience, rather than today’s medical industrial complex.

Mike Edelhart

December 20, 2017

Social Starts

Words to Entrepreneur By: Part 2

Mike Edelhart

December 20, 2017

Social Starts

A curated collection of inspiring quotes about success, leadership, and entrepreneurism.

Mike Edelhart

December 15, 2017

Social Starts

The Seven Heavenly Startup Virtues

Mike Edelhart

December 15, 2017

Social Starts

Let’s turn our eyes to the light and consider the cardinal virtues early stage companies should cleave to.

Mike Edelhart

December 10, 2017

Social Starts

The Seven Deadly Startup Sins

Mike Edelhart

December 10, 2017

Social Starts

Dwell upon these sins, oh my children of the early stage. Then repent…and move forward.

Mike Edelhart

December 3, 2017

Social Starts

We Honor our Forbes 30 Under 30 Winners

Mike Edelhart

December 3, 2017

Social Starts

Forbes is out with its 30 Under 30 list and once again we have a rich representation from our portfolio companies.

Brett G. Durrett

November 24, 2017

Social Starts

Your Agency is Hurting Your Chance of VC Funding

Brett G. Durrett

November 24, 2017

Social Starts

Your Agency is Hurting Your Chance of VC Funding

When asked, entrepreneurs don’t always recognize that their business model is an agency

Mike Edelhart

November 21, 2017

Social Starts

Truth

Mike Edelhart

November 21, 2017

Social Starts

The one factor we require before we invest in a company.

Mike Edelhart

November 6, 2017

Social Starts

We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident

Mike Edelhart

November 6, 2017

Social Starts

A few deep truths about the fabric of early stage reality.

Mike Edelhart

October 26, 2017

Social Starts

We Propose a New Stack for the Net

Mike Edelhart

October 26, 2017

Social Starts

A modest proposal for a new four-level layer cake for the emerging network future.

Brett G. Durrett

October 16, 2017

Social Starts

Less Minimal, More Viable – Creating Better MVPs

Brett G. Durrett

October 16, 2017

Social Starts

Less Minimal, More Viable – Creating Better MVPs

While MVP is a great and seemingly simple concept, many startups fail to execute it successfully.

Mike Edelhart

October 11, 2017

Social Starts

Method Investing: Bringing Science to the Early Stage

Mike Edelhart

October 11, 2017

Social Starts

Method Investing: Bringing Science to the Early Stage

Social Starts has developed a unique and powerful approach to early stage investing.

Mike Edelhart

October 4, 2017

Social Starts

Can You Hear Me Now? Voice Computing is Here, and It's a Big Deal.

Mike Edelhart

October 4, 2017

Social Starts

Can You Hear Me Now? Voice Computing is Here, and It's a Big Deal.

The age of vocal computing has leapt into reality with startling suddenness.

Charles C. Smith

October 3, 2017

Social Starts

David Doesn't Have to Fight Goliath

Charles C. Smith

October 3, 2017

Social Starts

There are many ways to make the interactions of startups and large corporations productive- take the time to make those interactions work.

Brett G. Durrett

September 24, 2017

Social Starts

Congratulations Successful Entrepreneur: You’re Fired

Brett G. Durrett

September 24, 2017

Social Starts

Congratulations Successful Entrepreneur: You’re Fired

Startup success requires courage for the experimentation / rapid iteration to adjust to the challenges of discovering the successful business nested in the founding idea.

Ray Rothrock

September 19, 2017

Social Starts

Cyber Security is Everyone's Business

Ray Rothrock

September 19, 2017

Social Starts

Like everything else in your business, you need to manage your cyber readiness and capabilities.

Mike Edelhart

September 16, 2017

Social Starts

Dressing in Layers and the Digital Real World Experience

Mike Edelhart

September 16, 2017

Social Starts

Dressing in Layers and the Digital Real World Experience

The power of blended experience won’t come from some single, jaw-dropping transformation of IRL, but through a much more incremental addition or editing of that reality.

Charles C. Smith

September 11, 2017

Social Starts

What Does This Raise Get You?

Charles C. Smith

September 11, 2017

Social Starts

Great CEOs think of investor money as a tool to be utilized to improve their business.