Hi all, This past week has come and gone so quickly I can barely believe that the TEC program will last just one more week.  This past week our required reading was a book called Mastering the VC Game by Jeffrey Bussang.  In this book venture capitalist and entrepreneur Jeff Bussang provides readers with an insider’s [...]

Hi all, These past eight weeks have truly come and gone faster than I could have imagined.  I can very clearly recall arriving at the the Pier 38 office where I first met Adam and JP for the first time.  This was followed by a game of pool in which Tyler and myself (Team SendMe) [...]

Hi all, This past week has come and gone so quickly I can barely believe that the TEC program will last just one more week.  This past week our required reading was a book called Mastering the VC Game by Jeffrey Bussang.  In this book venture capitalist and entrepreneur Jeff Bussang provides readers with an [...]

Hi all, This past week, I have been reflecting on a article that I recently read on GigaOm.  The title of this particular article was “Come See the Incredible, Shrinking VC Industry!”, in this article Om Malik discusses the current trend of shrinking funds both in terms of size and the total number the VC [...]

Hi all, This last week has been really challenging for me.  At SendMe Mobile, I have been involved in producing the month end reports for SendMe’s affiliate marketing partners.  This includes reconciling our marketing costs with our partners — it’s a very tedious and detail oriented process.  The reports were finished Friday, but I now [...]

This last Monday, at the Giants game I tried garlic fries for the first time in my life.  The first fry I had tasted truly amazing, every taste bud watered as I put in the next fry into my mouth.  My initial reaction to this deep fried garlicky goodness was where have these wonderful fries [...]

This past week I have been watching along with the rest of the world as the U.S. soccer team competed against Algeria and Ghana in the World Cup.  It was exhilarating to see Landon Donavan lead the team to glory as he scored in the last two minutes of the game against Algeria.  I was [...]

Here I am at the close of week two, TEC has really been great so far.  This last week I was able to learn so much about my responsibilities for over the course of the summer as well as better understanding the mobile subscription/advertising industry.  As I mentioned in my last post, I am working [...]

My name is Charles Smart; I am currently a senior at the University of Utah studying Economics and Spanish.  I became aware of the TEC program through a group that I have been involved with called the University Venture Fund ($18M student-run venture fund).  My interests include many things, but I must say the top [...]