24 March 2004

Russian VC Tech Conference

A global first; an online blog from a Russian conference.  Albeit, that I am on battery power and there is not even a dial up connection available.  It’s being held in the Astoria Hotel in St. Petersburg.  This is the hotel that Hitler intended to make his headquarters when he invaded Russia. 

Anyway there are probably 4 people who are worth listening to (of which I am clearly one) and we all flew up from Moscow today to speak at this thing to each other and then fly back again.  A great way to spend $200 and waste a day along the way. 

There is also a whole bunch of bullshit being spoken as well – high tech investing in Russian technology is a nascent industry and there are very few people who really understand it – which does not stop them speaking. 

Worth listening to were Marie Trexler of Intel Capital and Sasha Johnson of Landbridge Capital. 

Sasha says that we will compete.  She is wrong – we will co-operate on some deals and we will compete as well.  But Russian technology being what it is we will all be secretive about what we are doing.

 

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24 March 2004

Russian VC Tech Conference

A global first; an online blog from a Russian conference.  Albeit, that I am on battery power and there is not even a dial up connection available.  It’s being held in the Astoria Hotel in St. Petersburg.  This is the hotel that Hitler intended to make his headquarters when he invaded Russia. 

Anyway there are probably 4 people who are worth listening to (of which I am clearly one) and we all flew up from Moscow today to speak at this thing to each other and then fly back again.  A great way to spend $200 and waste a day along the way. 

There is also a whole bunch of bullshit being spoken as well – high tech investing in Russian technology is a nascent industry and there are very few people who really understand it – which does not stop them speaking. 

Worth listening to were Marie Trexler of Intel Capital and Sasha Johnson of Landbridge Capital. 

Sasha says that we will compete.  She is wrong – we will co-operate on some deals and we will compete as well.  But Russian technology being what it is we will all be secretive about what we are doing.

 

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