So far, it's very early, as you would expect with a seed funding round.
"It's unusual to find humans in such a cool climate this far north at this very early date," he said.
There's definitely potential for the Arena to go far, but it's very early in the game for ePawn: they'll need developers to make compatible games, and enough buyers to make the whole endeavor worthwhile.
If the Colaninno group is successful -- and that is far from certain at this very early stage -- it would effectively mean that the Agnellis, for more than a century the uncrowned industrial monarchs of Italy, would at best have to share control of the Fiat conglomerate with other Italian investors, most notably Mr. Colaninno.
Pincus has long been an active investor, though typically (as far as we know) taking very early stakes in companies.
On the very early evidence so far, though, Sullivan has earned strong marks.
"This is the very early stage, as far as I'm concerned," said Mr. Skoll, who joined Participant's chief executive, James G. Berk, in a broad discussion of their experience in an industry in which many players share their commitment to social causes, but only rarely have tried to build a business around their views.
It isn't rocket science, but stall holding teaches you canny business practice in a hurry at a very early age - far more practically and quickly (I would argue) than does three years at a high fee business school.
"As far as Tom Marino, so he was a very early supporter of mine, the great state of Pennsylvania.
Keep your eyes up and far ahead so you recognize any problem very early.
