[The following is from my post today on Xconomy; follow the link to read the rest]
Two weeks ago, I was in Atlanta for the annual Angel Capital Association (ACA) conference and, this past week, here in Boston for the annual National Venture Capital Association conference. Depending on whom you asked at both conferences, it was the best of times or the worst of times, most likely depending on whether or not they had money to invest. In fact, NVCA conference chair, Kate Mitchell, even kicked off the event with that opening line from Dickens’ book.
That said, both events were generally positive-you’ve got to be an optimist to be involved in entrepreneurship-and both had a roll-up-your-sleeves, let’s-make-things better outlook. Overall, the mood and energy was somewhat more upbeat in Atlanta than in Boston, as characterized by ACA Chairman John Huston’s welcoming remark and call to action, “Thank you for supporting capitalism!” which drew a lot of applause. Perhaps it was because individual investors don’t feel obliged to go to conferences and the pessimists just stayed home. Maybe this part of the venture investing market is still so young that that there’s a lot to be learned and done.
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