Media
Coverage
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Mr. Hellman is
frequently sought out for his expertise on a myriad of
topics as diverse as corporate governance, public
transportation policy and the esoteric technical
intricacies of the management systems employed to
control large back-office telecommunications networks.
The threat posed to startup
tech companies seeking VC or Angel Investment when the
stock market is down
Washington Business Journal Venture Capital Focus -
Investors mull whether the summer tech startup boom
could be facing an ominous exit-plan storm cloud
by Bill Flook
“The combination of the
fact that [tech stocks] are on sale, and the fact that
they’re much more liquid than an angel investment, makes
them much more attractive compared to how they were
three months ago,” said Glen Hellman, an angel investor
and principal at Driven Forward LLC. (Read
the entire article)
The prospects for a new DC
Venture Fund focused exclusively on health tech
Washington Business Journal
New $50M fund targets health care
technology firms
by Ben Fischer
The new fund will not find any shortage of potential
portfolio companies, said Glen Hellman, an angel
investor and chairman of Driven Forward LLC, a
District-based strategic adviser to entrepreneurs.
“That part of their premise is right on,” Hellman said.
“They come down to the angel level, because the [New
Enterprise Associates] and the Grotechs of the world
just won’t give that little amount of money.”
But Hellman said the surge in entrepreneurial activity
at that level comes with a pronounced need for subject
matter expertise, to discern the true gems. (Read
the entire article)
Startup America Webinar on
Glen Hellman fforts to create mentoring partnerships
Startup America Status Webinar
The Importance of Mentors for Startups
by Scott Case and Kathleen Warner
When it comes to mentors
and investors, Case said that an important aspect of
heading a high-growth startup is investing in creating a
network of people who care about your success as much as
you do, and to think of it as an advisory group. Startup
America, on their end, will be working to make mentors
and advisors available to partners. Driven Forward’s
Glen Hellman has more on that with his guest blog post
on SAP’s website,
The Video and
The Blog.
New innovative
small business
methods to raise capital
Washington Business Journal
Unconventional investor matchups
take root
by Bill Flook
New, unconventional
channels that entrepreneurs can use to find investors
are beginning to crop up in the Washington area, part of
a burgeoning shift in the traditional venture capital
pitch
“It’s a
Herculean effort to get CEOs to constantly focus their
story and drill it down and crystallize it into
something that’s easy to understand,” Hellman said.
“We’re constantly coaching them on less, less, less —
less is more.” (Read
the entire article)
Giving Back
to Entrepreneurship
Startup America Blog
Lowering Barriers To Success
Glen
Hellman got his introduction to entrepreneurship
straight out of graduating from University of Maryland
in 1978 when he joined Lexitron Corporation, a company
who developed the precursor to the PC and the first
word processor with a screen. Lexitron quickly went
public and was purchased by Raytheon Data Systems and
from then on, Hellman has been hooked on start-ups. (read
more)
Tweeting for capital in
10 140 character tweets
Wall Street Journal
Tweet Your Way to VC, Angel
Funding
by Sarah
E. Needleman
The elevator pitch has a found a new
home on Twitter.
Entrepreneurs who registered in
advance are invited to pitch venture capitalists and
angel investors today via Twitter on the opportunity to
invest in their businesses. Participants can submit up
to 10 tweets, each of which is limited to 140 characters
or less. What’s more, the person who submits the best
Twitter pitch will receive a $2,000 prize. (read
more)
Tech Cocktail
Interview
TweetDingman Fast Pitch
Tech Cocktail Startup Pitches Go 140 Characters
@TweetDingman By Jen Consalvo
Can you tell your story in 10 Tweets or less? Glen
Hellman wants you to – and the winner gets $2,000. Not
bad for just 1280 characters!
(Read the article)
Opinion on an emerging
scandal at corporate watchdog and proxy advisory firm
Glass Lewis.
Wall Street Journal
A Star's Bombshell Exit From Glass Lewis
By David Reilly
"Glass Lewis
has catered to the real corporate activists and this
kind of taint to that kind of customer is a real issue,"
said Glen Hellman, president of Proxy Governance Inc., a
smaller rival. "What does it mean when [Mr. Turner]
can't stay there or keep his name associated with it."
Criticism of the GAO report
that found no wrongdoing at proxy advisor, Institutional Shareholder
Services
Financial Week
Top proxy adviser frisked by Congress: 'They're clean'
By Jeff Nash
Glen Hellman, president
and COO of 100-client Proxy Governance, also expected
more criticism of ISS. “It seemed like a pass to me,
like much to do about nothing,” said Mr. Hellman, whose
firm was founded in 2004. “Even if the conflicts weren’t
discussed more, we thought at least the amount of power
in one firm would be more alarming to the researchers.”
Comments on the challenges
faced by
turn-around executives
Washington Post
Another Year, Another Chief Executive
By Ellen McCarthy
Stepping in as an outsider can be a
daunting task, said Glen Hellman, who joined Ikimbo
Inc., a Herndon communications software firm, in July.
Ikimbo had also been through several regime changes by
the time Hellman arrived, having been run by its
founder, Jamey Harvey, and two other chief executives
since it was established in 1999.
Hellman says that process can be tough
for entrepreneurs who, like new parents, sometimes lack
objectivity. "Have you ever met a parent who told you
they have an ugly baby? We need to keep asking
ourselves, 'Is this an ugly baby?' and founders don't do
that. Founders get too close," Hellman said.
Addressing emerging
licensing standards for digital media on mobile devices
Billboard
Coral Consortium Driving DRM Standards for
Consumer Devices
"Our membership in
the Coral Consortium highlights Cloakware's commitment
to increasing the functionality and flexibility of
licensed digital content playback, without sacrificing
the integrity or intent of the content owners and
providers," said Glen Hellman, Asia Pacific General
Manager for Cloakware.
