I spent 14 years at AT&T/Lucent Technologies in operations, engineering, field sales, product and general management. Before AT&T I was CEO of a startup selling frozen yogurt to Texans. Go figure. In 1998, I joined Digital Island (NASDAQ;ISLD), as VP of Product Management and later CMO. Digital Island was a global hosting and content distribution company. We raised an insane amount of cash, went public, did multiple acquisitions and sold the company in 2001. I joined Partech International (US/Europe) as a partner doing early stage investments and transitioned to Artiman Ventures as Managing Director in 2011. I represent Partech on the boards of Five9 (cloud contact center software), LedEngin (LED emitters and modules) and Prysm (large format displays). At Artiman, I am on the boards of Crossbar Semiconductor (Non Volatile Memory), Kaybus (Knowledge Automation), and Oberon (ag feed), and Invensense (NYSE: INVN) an Artiman/Partech series A investment.
As part of our “Get To Know the VC” blog series, Artiman partner, Tim Wilson, answered a few questions. Here’s what he had to say: 1. Did you ever…
Tim Wilson, Partner, Artiman Ventures, is sharing his thoughts about the right way founders should follow up after the first meeting with a VC. Should founders wait to hear from…
— Tim Wilson, Partner, Artiman Ventures, comments to WSJ Pro on unicorn valuations — Patience Haggin – WSJ Pro – April 26, 2017 7:30 a.m. ET – It’s been conventional wisdom for the past few years:…
By the time you finish reading this article there will be another 456 people on the planet. Every day they will consume 80 pounds of protein, 638 Kilowatt Hours of…
— Tim Wilson, Partner, Artiman Ventures, comments to The Wall Street Journal on the impact of Brexit — Alexander Davis – The Wall Street Journal – June 24, 2016 10:25 p.m.…
After 15 years on the investor side of the table, I have seen/listened/read thousands of pitches and presentations. Every entrepreneur believes they are answering the same questions: the who, what,…
— Tim Wilson, Partner, Artiman Ventures, comments to The Atlantic on what innovation [he wishes] could go back in the box. — Hearing from the leaders of the tech world is…
In 1981, three months before graduating from a liberal arts school 3,256 miles east of Silicon Valley, I became a failed physicist. I remember exactly when this happened: 3:05 a.m.…
It took over thirty years to digitize enterprise knowledge systems. Now what? In 1983, I packed all my belongings into the backseat of my 1972 Chevy and drove south, arriving…
In my recent Forbes post, “Drone Technology Investment: Place Your Bets,” I discussed three sectors for drone technology investment: 1) package delivery services, 2) aerial imaging services and 3) drones…
Early Bets Are On The Table The drone industry start-up and emergent technology bets will shake out into three areas. In the analogy of a good old-fashioned game of poker,…
In 1943, humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow submitted “A Theory of Human Motivation.” At the bottom of his pyramid of human needs was physiological needs: food, water, breathing, sex, sleep, homeostatis…
Lawyers, Lobbyists and Legislators. Any major invention, from electricity, to genetic engineering, is inevitably followed by lawyers, lobbyists and legislators or as I like to call them, the 3Ls .…
A few weeks ago I introduced a set of rules that to apply to investing in white space companies. The final rule, “The Rule of Patience” tells me if you…
A few of weeks ago, I introduced five rules of white space investing along with their associated ratios. Now, I want to talk about Whatsapp’s massive $19 billion dollar exit…
A couple of weeks ago, I introduced five rules of white space investing along with their associated ratios. The second of those rules, the equivalency rule, looks at the early…
In my last post, I introduced five rules of white space investing along with their associated ratios. Let’s go deeper into the Scarcity Rule and its corresponding ratio 100:10:1.5. For…
Artiman invests in white space companies that are in large markets with no identifiable competitors. When I joined Artiman a few years ago, I asked the partners what exactly did…
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