Stu Phillips
Stu Phillips is Founder and Managing Director of Ridgelift Ventures. Prior to Ridgelift, Stu was a General Partner at US Venture Partners. Before becoming a venture capitalist, Stu gained more than 20 years of operating experience, most recently at Cisco Systems where he was the VP of Central Engineering responsible for the strategy and development of the Cisco IOS.
Recent Posts
Digital re-distribution — if you can’t beat them…
Although hardly “the next dominant player” in providing content on the Internet, my blog (Soaring on Ridgelift) experiences the same challenges as the “big guys” • other people rip-off the content without permission and use it to generate their own revenue. I doubt that it generates much revenue for the bootleggers but I would like to know where the content is going, what gets looked at and get feedback via comments and email.
This is… Continue Reading
The private equity bubble, and what it means for startups
There are storm clouds gathering in the buyout world, which could see a big retrenchment. In the long-run, this could be good for the Silicon Valley start-ups.
The amount of money raised by U.S. leveraged buyout funds in 2006 is staggering when you compare this to two years ago (see graphic).
Some forecasts suggest 2007 will be another record year.
Many institutional investors are worried that the LBO funds are “writing checks like crazy” and that “…this may… Continue Reading