At the recent GROW Conference, I caught up Aidan Nulman of Fleetbit. We were talking about one of Version One’s portfolio companies…Talentbuddy. If you’re not familiar with Talentbuddy, it’s a platform where programmers can post and solve programming challenges, covering all different areas and difficulty levels. It’s exercise for a programmer’s brain.…

We have not truly celebrated entrepreneurs since the generation of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison – entrepreneurs got respect, awards, sometimes biographies but never the attention of top athletes or celebrities. Steve Jobs has changed this – he became a mass media phenomenon with a deep impact beyond the technology…