A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2020

I used this title for possibly the most regrettable blog post I have written on AVC back in 2011. Alex starts off his post with this assertion: 2019 was the year when VCs and startup founders soured on paid acquisition. I am not sure if that is true, but if it is, it suggests a dramatic change in the startup playbook.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. Subscribe to the Gust Blog. Subscribe by email.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. I didn’t sleep much back then. And so it goes again. You’re where you should be. From the Instagram and the Twitter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. appeared first on THE BLOG. was in trouble.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. I didn’t sleep much back then. And so it goes again. You’re where you should be.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I joined in 2011, and when we got acquired by Google three years later, we were still only 22 people. I’m a strong proponent of interviews being bi-directional — candidates should take the time to really get to know the startup, founders, and team. That meant a lot to me. If you’re not embarrassed, you don’t care enough.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

This is because most of the capital in Africa for promising startups is typically distributed among many investors. During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment. “There’s a massive early-stage funding gap for African startups.

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