SXSW Fishbowl, Austin, Texas
SXSW Fishbowl | Austin, Texas | Mar 2009

SXSW is life in a fishbowl, a “fully immersive experience”, serendipity at work and just simply good fun.

Last Sunday I led a core conversation on the mildly misnamed subject “Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs”. “The Future of Venture Capital” would have been a better name given how I focused on the cultural, business, technological and political trends framing the future of venture capital.

Also:Picture from the front of the room before my core conversation, about 100+ in attendance…

UPDATED: Full recap from SXSW: Thanks! … to 36 people from Austin and SXSW.

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  • ericajoh

    Looking at the picture almost makes me feel as if I'm there. Great shot!

  • ericajoh

    Looking at the picture almost makes me feel as if I'm there. Great shot!

  • http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv Taylor Davidson

    Thanks, but being there is much more immersive, overwhelming with the buzz of intelligent, passionate people doing cool things :)

  • http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/ Taylor Davidson

    Thanks, but being there is much more immersive, overwhelming with the buzz of intelligent, passionate people doing cool things :)

  • http://www.vivisit.com Tom Dooley

    Very nice atmosphere, and your photo is really great!

  • http://www.vivisit.com Tom Dooley

    Very nice atmosphere, and your photo is really great!

  • http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv Taylor Davidson

    Thanks! Were you there?

  • http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/ Taylor Davidson

    Thanks! Were you there?

  • http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/ Taylor Davidson

    Thanks! Were you there?

  • http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/02/thanks-austin-sxsw/ Thanks! … to 36 people from Austin and SXSW | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

    [...] it’s been over a month since SXSW and the rest of that world has moved on from the SXSW fishbowl to the next meme, and while I won’t spend much time talking about the event itself, I did [...]

  • http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/2009/09/22/tuttle-club/ The Tuttle Club | Taylor Davidson

    [...] was introduced to The Tuttle Club by Alan Patrick (@freecloud) at SXSW. Noting my love for meeting interesting people in my travels, Alan invited me to drop by next time [...]

  • http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/2010/03/04/sxsw-2010/ SXSW 2010 (One week away!) | Taylor Davidson (@tdavidson)

    [...] last year was a fishbowl, an immersive experience that has continued to influence my life today: I met a ton of great [...]

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