Comments on: Forbes Midas list: John Doerr edges Michael Moritz for No.1

By: Musical chairs in Silicon Valley’s venture world: Theis, Brown, Lisbonne, Marshall » VentureBeat

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:03:57 +0000

[...] recall, is the reporter who puts together the Forbes Midas list of the top 100 investors (see most recent Midas List). Now the question is, who takes over her role? Who will draw the ire of the VCs who are left of [...]

By: Indian Digital Media News offering you News and Information about Pay Per Click and Search Engine Optimization » Blog Archive » Ram Shriram, Promod Haque, Ravi Adusumalli included in Forbes Midas 100 List

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:07:17 +0000

[...] Haque of Norwest Venture Partners and Ravi Adusumalli of SAIF Partners have found place in the Forbes Midas 100 List that ranks the 100 best dealmakers who invest in start-up companies and then sell off their stakes [...]

By: Ram Shriram, Promod Haque, Ravi Adusumalli included in Forbes Midas 100 List : Alootechie

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:14:45 +0000

By: VentureBeat » The Midas List — deconstructed

VentureBeat » The Midas List — deconstructed — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:42:36 +0000

[...] Each year, Forbes publishes the list of top 100 investors, called the Midas List (see our coverage, and full list). [...]

By: The Midas List is out…Let the gloating (and grumbling) begin « Adventure Capitalist

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:24:46 +0000

[...] outlets, like Venture Beat (who has a good rundown of this story), will go into the pros and cons of how the list is assembled, whether it really helps, etc, so I [...]

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:15:04 +0000

Agree that there are serious methodology challenges to doing anything like this.

By: ashah

ashah — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:46:28 +0000

The Midas List is a poor indicator of past, present, or future success of a service professional (venture investor, lawyer, headhunters, etc.)

Mike Orsak from Worldview was on the Midas list for two years or so. Can anyone recall any of the companies that succeeded on his investment or involvement? The companies on whose boards he served all failed. Companies in which he invested struggled dealing with him and died from exhaustion. Can someone explain how he got on the list at all?

Also consider his partner, James Wei who was on the list too. Their fund can’t raise another dollar after abysmal returns. Worldview must have had one good PR firm to get these two on the Midas List.