The Apple guru and startup investor, chose an unfortunate moment to roll out his aptitude test for venture capitalists. Since Guy Kawasaki launched the online quiz on his popular blog about startup culture and investing, let's see what happened. On his site, the tech maven lists directorships of three tech ventures. Growth at Simplyhired, the jobs search engine, appears to have stalled in 2006. Filmloop, a photo slideshow service which competes with Slide, laid off most its staff during the holidays. And Bitpass just discontinued its micropayments service. Kawasaki's remaining external directorships are on the boards of a Palo Alto Montessori school, and the Hawaiian Islands Ministry. Oh, and here's a bonus factoid for superstitious readers. The title of the web page on which the startup evangelist's jinxed portfolio was listed: Guy's Golden Touch.
