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...Brattle St.; 876-4218; Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.). Score jump ropes, ankle weights, dumb bells, etc. Products range in price from $12 to $40. Head to Brine's if you want a chin-up bar ($19.95). But you'll have to go to City Sports to purchase a one-size-fits-all neck developer...
...arrives in San Mateo, a 20-min. drive from his Menlo Park office, for a meeting with the founders of iEscrow, a website that provides escrow services for online consumers. Chin's firm has decided to fund iEscrow, and he's here to seal the deal. "How often will we see you?" one of the CEOs asks. "We'll see you at the public offering," Chin says, implying that he doesn't plan to help out much. He's just kidding. "Look, you can tell I have a passion for this. I'm the Internet guy," he says. "My style...
...drive back to Palo Alto, he phones Peter Van Alstine, a classmate from Dartmouth who founded a Boston e-commerce start-up that Chin is backing. When Van Alstine tells Chin how much stock a prospective executive has asked for, Chin nearly swerves off the highway. "Get outta here!" he yells. "He's baked, man! He's getting greedy...
...Chin pops into his office long enough to check his e-mail before he meets with the founders of TimeDance, a schedule-planning website that is looking for a second round of venture funding. While he listens to the company's pitch, Chin sips a diet Coke and leans back in his chair, hands clasped behind his head. He interjects constantly with enthusiasms. "This is just dynamite," he says at one point. "I could use this website 50 times a day. This could be ubiquitous." He arranges a second meeting...
Before going home, Chin will sit through a presentation by an online wine shop and have sushi with a man who claims to have a blockbuster e-commerce idea--he just won't tell Chin what it is. Chin will take his chances. Like every young VC in the Valley, he needs to land a big IPO score to become a real player. He's too sure of himself to admit being worried that many of the companies he backs will never make it that far. "It's a guess; it's a bank shot--you throw...