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In the News: Coronavirus, industry reinvention & venture capital

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Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. That’s a very good entry point for new venture investors. Looking to connect.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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Investors let him control the board as long as he continued to make them paper rich, and then actually rich--so they couldn’t technically force him out. When it happens at companies run by women, the media, disgruntled employees, and their investor board members, burn them at the stake. Two reasons: One, they had no other real choice.

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First Round Capital is a Firm with No Principals

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Oh, did you think I meant something else? :) I just thought today was Salacious Headline Day in the VC blogging world so I thought I'd chime in. Sometimes Principals can lead deals and sit on boards, sometimes they can't. When I first sat down with Josh back in September of 2009 to talk about joining First Round.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. Swipely – Blippy competitor founded by TellMe founder, Angus Davis, in Fall 2009. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000.

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Logic of the Lemmings: Making sense of the VC pile-ons

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Geolocation is so 2009. Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Undaunted, he went back to work, got some great partners on board, and kept plugging away.

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Logic of the Lemmings: Making sense of the VC pile-ons

This is going to be BIG.

Geolocation is so 2009. Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Undaunted, he went back to work, got some great partners on board, and kept plugging away.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

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“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.”

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