tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post8074133846140581828..comments2024-03-25T08:08:23.132-07:00Comments on Who Has Time For This?: Is BVP too Flashy?David Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-37180207110741797852007-07-29T16:36:00.000-07:002007-07-29T16:36:00.000-07:00yikes! that's a lot of images to load. the slidi...yikes! that's a lot of images to load. the sliding photo albums is too slow to be of much use. old site was better.<BR/><BR/>RoddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-19420454275651170162007-07-27T12:00:00.000-07:002007-07-27T12:00:00.000-07:00Overall I liked the concept and the layout worked ...Overall I liked the concept and the layout worked beautifully for most of the site. <BR/><BR/>The portfolio section is just too massive to display neatly. There are too many pictures in the array to effectively navigate to one of interest. Just moving your mouse a little jumps over several companies. Loading in this section also takes way too much time. Even if I choose a company using the list of names, it takes a little while to display the info. I suspect this is due to the page's images.<BR/><BR/>Didn't think of clicking on a team member picture (since my cursor was a arrow instead of a hand like most images you can click on), but was pleasantly surprised when I did. This page loaded and responded quite nicely as with the contacts page.<BR/><BR/>From a person who has viewed over 250 PE/VC websites in the last month, I found the navigation to be quite easy and useful (except for the portfolio page). The pages also weren't "too techy" in that it used a common theme throughout and I didn't have to sit and wait on splash screens and other flashy time wasters. On that note, it might be more useful to separate the portfolio into sectors and possibly current/inactive. This would help with the size of the slide show and possibly speed things up, as well as give users an idea as to your current investment interests/focus while allowing us browsers to see the older investments as well. <BR/><BR/>I do like the top 50 and anti's & timeline type show on the home page.LiveGrapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13352974245031497187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-36141292950479072292007-07-26T02:27:00.000-07:002007-07-26T02:27:00.000-07:00The site is pretty confusing. The problem with all...The site is pretty confusing. The problem with all mouse over links is that it never really works very well. For e.g. when I mouse over the contact link, I sometimes get the photos of people. <BR/><BR/>Its a bit too fancy for me.<BR/><BR/>The old BVP site, in my opinion, was the best VC site that I had seen. It really had an old world charm that the new site somehow misses. It looks like every other VC/PE/Law firm site.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, for the harsh feedback. I just really liked the old site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-58696582823987197922007-07-23T11:42:00.000-07:002007-07-23T11:42:00.000-07:00The portfolio view falls apart due to slow load an...The portfolio view falls apart due to slow load and tracking issues. There is just too much information for this design to work very well.<BR/><BR/>Focus + context is the academic notion: what you are focussed on is clearly visible but the distant stuff is less so. In the portfolio view, the only information conveyed by the collapsed images around the focus is the portfolio's relative size. A tree structure by category would be more navigable but would break consistency. Trees can be distorted in similar ways to convey density of subtrees.Erdos56https://www.blogger.com/profile/04426474525236405685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-45247565020136831932007-07-22T03:41:00.000-07:002007-07-22T03:41:00.000-07:00I find the look and feel of your new website, pers...I find the look and feel of your new website, personally, quite comforting. I'm not looking for venture capital partners this year. But I think those company founders who are on the hunt for venture capital SHOULD be attracted to your approach.<BR/><BR/>To paint the picture of the challenge, briefly: I think the high-tech venture capital wheeler-dealer who drives up to the Santa Clara IHOP in his $180,000 Lamborghini wearing a $3,000 Armani suit, and expects that his open collar makes him "one of the boys" is presenting a confusing, mixed message. If you are a Lamborghini-Armani kind of guy, don't hide the $50 necktie in the glove compartment at the last minute.<BR/><BR/>If you're a blue jeans and t-shirt, back-end-of-the-lab kind of a guy, don't rent a suit for the meeting UNLESS SOMEBODY WITH MONEY ASKS YOU TO. But if you wanted to blow $50 on a nicely tailored cotton dress shirt, I wouldn't be offended.<BR/><BR/>Be yourself, whatever that is. Gentlemen, you seem to have done this. Congratulations.<BR/><BR/>-- REG CROWDER<BR/>London, England and Brittany, France<BR/><BR/>http://www.MediaBistro.com/RegCrowdrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com