Baris Karadogan

Baris Karadogan is a partner at venture capital firm ComVentures.

Baris writes a blog titled From Istanbul to Sand Hill Road (http://baris.typepad.com)

Recent Posts

2008 predictions from a VC: Android will succeed…

[Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece from Baris Karadogan, a venture capitalist with ComVentures]

It’s becoming customary among VC bloggers to make predictions for 2008. At the risk of educating my competitors, here are my technology predictions for 2008.

1) Google’s Android and the Open Handset… Continue Reading

Do it yourself biology

When Time Magazine named You as the person of the year, they did it based on your ability to write encyclopedias, publish newspapers and create virtual world avatars. But you are capable of so much more. I doubt, that even in their wildest stretch of imagination,… Continue Reading

Amazon.com and the fabless semiconductor industry

[VentureBeat criticized Amazon for lack of vision. Baris Karadogan, of ComVentures, begs to differ and commends the company.]

A key theme at the Web 2.0 conference was infrastructure, centered around Amazon’s big announcement to offer start-ups all their infrastructure needs.

Amazon wants to give start-ups… Continue Reading

New ads in new places

(Editor’s note: We asked venture capitalist Baris Kardogan to tell us where he sees the most opportunity in the online ad industry, and he concludes that its somewhere other than the usual online video sites — YouTube, Grouper, MySpace, etc — most people talk about… Continue Reading