Comments on: When In Doubt, Change Your Name: Meet Fuse Capital http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:19:46 -0800 hourly 1 By: YouTubeのファウンダー、Chad Hurley、アメリカのF1チームの大スポンサーと判明 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2906384 YouTubeのファウンダー、Chad Hurley、アメリカのF1チームの大スポンサーと判明 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:32:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2906384 [...] Capitalの本社で家電量販店のBest Buyの幹部とCrunchPadの件で話をした。（FuseというのはBest Buyが新しく作ったベンチャーファンド）。Best [...] [...] Capitalの本社で家電量販店のBest Buyの幹部とCrunchPadの件で話をした。（FuseというのはBest Buyが新しく作ったベンチャーファンド）。Best [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Stoth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904547 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Stoth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:53:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904547 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Stoth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904546 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Stoth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:53:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904546 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | ScooperNews.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904540 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | ScooperNews.com Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:49:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904540 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Cellphone Ultra http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904511 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Cellphone Ultra Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:30:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904511 [...] I had an casual meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an casual meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Spin Valley Post http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904510 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Spin Valley Post Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:30:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904510 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Techdare http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904488 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Techdare Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:11:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904488 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Webbyn.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904474 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Webbyn.com Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:02:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904474 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project,… [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project,… [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Design Website Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904471 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team | Design Website Blog Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:01:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904471 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executive team at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executive team at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2904462 YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:52:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2904462 [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executive team at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...] [...] I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executive team at the Fuze Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuze is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a [...]

]]> By: Chris Olszewski http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2772928 Chris Olszewski Fri, 29 May 2009 14:53:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2772928 Even closer to Ubisoft. http://ubi.com Even closer to Ubisoft.

http://ubi.com

]]> By: http://www.freefreebies.org http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770697 http://www.freefreebies.org Thu, 28 May 2009 17:23:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770697 theirs a drink? theirs a drink?

]]> By: peter http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770667 peter Thu, 28 May 2009 17:11:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770667 @ Arrington Mike - where is the rest of the article? What a f**king waste of my mouse click... I hope you guys don't lose sight of the importance of *quality* over *quantity* of postings... @ Arrington

Mike – where is the rest of the article?

What a f**king waste of my mouse click…

I hope you guys don’t lose sight of the importance of *quality* over *quantity* of postings…

]]> By: Mike A http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770248 Mike A Thu, 28 May 2009 12:56:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770248 Clearly Best Buy didn't do much diligence on Roland van de Meer... not only are his investment returns abysmal (not a single good exit in the last 10 yeas), but he is reviled by other VC's and entrepreneurs alike. He is that unique creature that is universally despised!! Jon Miller recognized his mistake and jumped ship. Ross Levinsohn apparently doesn't have any other good options! Given "key man" issues - I'm only shocked that their LP's haven't pulled the plug. It speaks volumes about the passivity of LP's. Clearly Best Buy didn’t do much diligence on Roland van de Meer… not only are his investment returns abysmal (not a single good exit in the last 10 yeas), but he is reviled by other VC’s and entrepreneurs alike. He is that unique creature that is universally despised!!

Jon Miller recognized his mistake and jumped ship. Ross Levinsohn apparently doesn’t have any other good options!

Given “key man” issues – I’m only shocked that their LP’s haven’t pulled the plug. It speaks volumes about the passivity of LP’s.

]]> By: Steven Marlin http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770083 Steven Marlin Thu, 28 May 2009 08:03:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770083 ComVentures had a horrible reputation so they changed their name as a way of hiding it. I'd STRONGLY suggest that entrepreneurs INVESTIGATE some partners of this group VERY carefully. Many have pasts that no entrepreneur will like. ComVentures had a horrible reputation so they changed their name as a way of hiding it. I’d STRONGLY suggest that entrepreneurs INVESTIGATE some partners of this group VERY carefully. Many have pasts that no entrepreneur will like.

]]> By: MyLocator .com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770051 MyLocator .com Thu, 28 May 2009 07:15:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770051 ohhhhhhh the power of a good domain name. ross levinson should know he was involved in myspace.com. would myspace be where it is today if it was named twipe.com. everyone is changing their domain name. Velocity Interactive Group does not sound like a venture fund. success requires talented technologists and a strategic multichannel digital media landscape (domain names) to build on. having a garbled portfolio of domains that lack strategic cohesion will never work. very exciting that bestbuy is getting in the digital media game better late than never. truth is there is only a handfull of startup game changers out there...lets hope they can locate one. best of skill to fuse. CapitalDomain.com - appreciation matters ohhhhhhh the power of a good domain name. ross levinson should know he was involved in myspace.com. would myspace be where it is today if it was named twipe.com. everyone is changing their domain name. Velocity Interactive Group does not sound like a venture fund. success requires talented technologists and a strategic multichannel digital media landscape (domain names) to build on. having a garbled portfolio of domains that lack strategic cohesion will never work. very exciting that bestbuy is getting in the digital media game better late than never. truth is there is only a handfull of startup game changers out there…lets hope they can locate one. best of skill to fuse.

CapitalDomain.com – appreciation matters

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="520245266">John Wolpert</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770039 John Wolpert Thu, 28 May 2009 07:10:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770039 If Fuse is working with Rick Rommel at Best Buy, this could work. Rick really understands professional integrity and how to get people inside Best Buy focusing on people outside Best Buy, and that is the key. Check out the profile on Rick at: http://thethreepercent.com/2009/05/03/people-worth-backing-1-rick-rommel/ If Fuse is working with Rick Rommel at Best Buy, this could work. Rick really understands professional integrity and how to get people inside Best Buy focusing on people outside Best Buy, and that is the key.

Check out the profile on Rick at: http://thethree...-1-rick-rommel/

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="686827804">Wayne Lambright</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770026 Wayne Lambright Thu, 28 May 2009 07:07:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770026 Fuse call me, four one five, Seven Fifty, nineteen twenty one. I can give more. Fuse call me, four one five, Seven Fifty, nineteen twenty one. I can give more.

]]> By: Hercules http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770006 Hercules Thu, 28 May 2009 06:50:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770006 don't know why but I really dislike this logo. don’t know why but I really dislike this logo.

]]> By: Hercules http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770003 Hercules Thu, 28 May 2009 06:49:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770003 haha, I completely agree with you. I was just thinking that so many companies have Fuse or Fuze in them. its ridiculous. haha, I completely agree with you. I was just thinking that so many companies have Fuse or Fuze in them. its ridiculous.

]]> By: classic http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2770002 classic Thu, 28 May 2009 06:48:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2770002 edit: thats Fuse Fuse Fuze and Vuze edit:

thats

Fuse
Fuse
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]]> By: Tyler Wright http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2769993 Tyler Wright Thu, 28 May 2009 06:39:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2769993 Same advice goes for people that have a hard time getting job interviews. Use a more North American sounding name. That's NOT racist, it will just increase your job chances. Your ancestors did it. Swallow your pride. Same advice goes for people that have a hard time getting job interviews. Use a more North American sounding name. That’s NOT racist, it will just increase your job chances. Your ancestors did it. Swallow your pride.

]]> By: StockTradersBlog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2769987 StockTradersBlog Thu, 28 May 2009 06:25:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2769987 Why is it special? What companies it funded? by: <a href="http://www.stocktradersblog.com" rel="nofollow">stock traders blog</a> Why is it special? What companies it funded?

by: stock traders blog

]]> By: Make money http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2769977 Make money Thu, 28 May 2009 06:15:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2769977 i think they do great job by change such bad name to more proof name i think they do great job by change such bad name to more proof name

]]> By: Mark Carras http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/27/when-in-doubt-change-your-name-meet-fuse-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-2769956 Mark Carras Thu, 28 May 2009 06:00:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=68749#comment-2769956 Why would people even care about the name and logo? The only thing people care about with companies like this is their money. It's like a hooker that wants to tell you her life story. Just shut up because you're only here for one thing! I know that sounds cold, but let's be honest. We only care about these people's money. Why would people even care about the name and logo? The only thing people care about with companies like this is their money. It’s like a hooker that wants to tell you her life story. Just shut up because you’re only here for one thing! I know that sounds cold, but let’s be honest. We only care about these people’s money.

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