It may be a coincidence that the oversupply of venture capital has coincided with an era that produced, arguably, just two transformative venture-funded startups: Facebook and Twitter (for an analysis of Twitter's business, see "Can Twitter Make Money?").
First, what was once a small entrepreneurship center at Booth has grown into a University-wide engine for revolutionary ideas and transformative new ventures.
The fact is, the guy was in his mid-20s, and I should not have expected him to spearhead this venture.
But one person who has counted himself out of spearheading such a venture is St Louis FC's CEO Jim Kavanagh, who told local news outlet KSDK that he would be interested as an investor, but not leading the push.
John Koetsier has built technology, written about it at VentureBeat, and researched it while spearheading a research venture.
John Koetsier Contributor John Koetsier has built technology, written about it at VentureBeat, and researched it while spearheading a research venture.
Heinlein's D.D. Harriman, in a story written in the 1940s, spearheads a private venture to go to the Moon and succeeds.
In this role he will spearhead our many new ventures and revenue projects.
For nearly two years, Joel I. Klein helped Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation weather a phone-hacking scandal at the company's British tabloids with the promise that he would eventually be able to return to the role the company hired him for: to spearhead News Corporation's new venture into the public school market.
Oak HC/FT Co-Founder & Managing Partner Annie Lamont has more than 30 years of experience as a venture capitalist investing in transformative companies and entrepreneurs.
Ultimately, that might play well for Spearhead, since one of the challenges of traditional venture capital funds is their increasing scale.
