aama conference

my friend ben asked me to volunteer last minute at this conference. at first i was dreading it since i had to be there at 7:30 AM. you KNOW i'm not a morning person. but it turned out to be a great event! met lots of VC's, although i wish i had the opportunity to get to know them better. many of them would only pop in and out of the event since they were so busy. tim draper spoke. he sang also!! Ray Lane from kleiner spoke also. VC's from local as well as international attended. Entrepreneurs also from all industries and locations were there. i was able to get my mom and dad free tickets, tix were 500 bux! but that's not unsual for a conference.

lyrics for tim draper's song are below. you're a VC geek if you laugh. haha.

The Riskmaster

Invested all his mattress money
Divorced his Prom Queen hometown honey
Scraping up his alimony
Friends think he’s a little funny

Needs a “world class CEO.”
Just another million or so
Get him to some real cash flow
So tears and sweat can IPO

For 15 years he’s been out gunned
Bankers demanding blood refund
Company’s looking Moribund
Even Draper will not fund!

Chorus:
He is the Riskmaster
Lives fast drives faster
Skates on the edge of disaster
He is the Riskmaster

He’s got a mission
Company vision
An artist’s ambition
Gut intuition
Fearless and free employee
No guarantee for the Corporate escapee

Team fights on against the trend
Had to lay off his best friend
Called a “recession” seems like “depression.”
Chapter seven. Is this the end?

But then a salesman shouts, “We got it!”
The company’s gonna show a profit
To think the papers rang, “quixotic”
The sky has opened astronautic.

Chorus:
He is the Riskmaster
Lives fast drives faster
Skates on the edge of disaster
He is the Riskmaster

He is on top, on top of the world
At last they see it. Vision unfurled!
Cashflow landslide!
Now everybody wants a piece of his hide.
Court wants him tried. Press wants him fried.
Anyone this rich must have lied.

Chorus:
He is the Riskmaster
Lives fast drives faster
Skates on the edge of disaster
He is the Riskmaster