Venture capital is often discussed and often misunderstood.  I have learned some lessons and taken my lumps by being on the entrepreneur/management team side of the equation and there are some great VC blogs out there that I highly recommend (several I list on my blog).

That said, I am a huge advocate of this kind of risk capital and the role it plays is driving innovation and private enterprise in both the US and global economy.  I’ll save that for another post, but wanted to put the word out about a great way to chat with a venture capitalist…at his request.

Jason Caplain of Southern Capitol Ventures in Raleigh, NC writes a blog called Southeast VC.  He has put out an open meeting invitation to anyone who wants to get together on April 20 in Raleigh for a chat.  This is the kind of openness and proactive approach that I love to see.

I like and respect Jason and encourage anyone that can swing it to take him up on his offer.  I have family in the RTP area and he took my meeting request without knowing me as I passed through Raleigh a while ago.