Steve Jurvetson

Lost Luggage

today and tomorrow (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008

Lost Luggage by Steve Jurvetson, a rockter covered with a decorative finish of airline baggage stickers. found at FFFFOUND!

Steve Jurvetson: Scary smart.

Marketing Headhunter.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

SAN FRANSISCO - Steve Jurvetson is really smart. No wait. Scary smart. And rich. Don't forget rich. But mostly smart. Even considering all that money. See for yourself ...

Meeting Obama

Mark Pincus Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

Obama in San Francisco Originally uploaded by jurvetsonsteve jurvetson was nice enough to post a photo of me and ali meeting obama, which valleywag was nice enough to then repost. as i said, obama could be a great leader. it's...

Valley Girl: The Jesse Draper Show

Junto Boyz (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

Just got a mass email from about his daughter's show, . Definitely bringing the A-list for his daughter, Jesse. She interviews Eric Schmidt, Scott McNealy, Craig Newmark, Ron Conway, Plug and Play’s Saeed Amidi, Glam’s Samir Arora, Former AOL CEO Barry Schuler, Heidi Roizen, and Steve Jurvetson.Some interesting pieces of information, such as (probably the best known angel investor in...

Competent Elites

Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008

Followup to: The Level Above Mine (Anyone who didn't like yesterday's post should probably avoid this one.) I remember what a shock it was to first meet Steve Jurvetson, of the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Steve Jurvetson talked...

Video: The week in Green tech

Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008

At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson describes the acceleration of computer and genetic technology through Moore’s law, and then outlines nature-inspired methods for building nanotech. He also explains why decoding DNA from the ocean is important to green tech’s future. That talk was just one of many at [...]

So What If It's Rocket Science?

The Net-Savvy Executive (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008

... learning its value. You don't have to know how to build it to understand how to use it. Photo by Steve Jurvetson .

15 DFJ Companies Win the 2008 AlwaysOn Going Green 100 Awards

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and its Global Network of Funds, the most active global cleantech investors, today announced that fifteen of their portfolio companies were recognized as finalists in the AlwaysOn 2008 Going Green 100 Awards honoring the top private cleantec

• 15 DFJ Companies Win the 2008 AlwaysOn Going Green 100 Awards - Business Wire

Nielsen's New Out-of-Home TV Rating System Uses Cell Phones to Track Viewing

Beet.TV (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

Nielsen teamed with Integrated Media Mesurement Inc. to create the first out-of-home national television rating system, the companies announced yesterday. IMMI uses cell phones to measure consumers' media consumption wherever they happen to be, making it possible to track viewing in locations like gyms, offices, and bars. The full press release can be viewed here . Andy interviewed Steve Jurvetson...

Tim Draper's daughter puts daddy's friends on the hot pink seat [Jesse Draper]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008

Don't look now — really, don't. Top venture capitalist Tim Draper's daughter, Jesse Draper, has already released eight episodes of her Web video show, "The Valley Girl." Jesse is a screen star, best known in the tween set for "The Naked Brothers Band," but somehow we think her dad had more to do with the guests she's pulled in, who include Draper himself; Draper's partner Steve Jurvetson;...

Roundup: Obama’s big Bay Area night, Xbox 360 sells out in Japan, Hulu going international and more

VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008

Here’s the latest action: Obama Bay Area event sets fund-raising record — Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama visited the Bay Area and racked up $7.8 million in fund-raising, a record for a single event, according to Draper Fisher Jurvestson’s Steve Jurvetson, who, with his wife Karla Jurvetson, donated in $9,200. Xbox 360 sells out in [...]