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Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now

Both Sides of the Table

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” I wrote about this in a blog post last year titled “ It’s Morning in VC ” but I never made the full deck available until now.

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Venture capital will soon be brimming with ghosts

TechCrunch

The tech industry loves generalizations — and don’t worry, I enjoy my fair share too — but as the downturn continues to play out, it’s increasingly important to think about the structural changes that may be forming in the venture capital landscape. Venture firms, unlike unicorns, often don’t have hundreds of employees to cut.

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7 Surprising Things I Learned from EO GSEA Studentrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Be fearless in the face of failure It sounds like the title of a book, but I’m often in awe when I see how so many of these college students dive headfirst into their ventures, unafraid of the possibility of failure and resilient in bouncing back. They dream big, aiming to disrupt the status quo and change the world.

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What Will Happen In 2024

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

And we will see legacy applications embrace AI to make their products better and to remain competitive with the AI-first disrupters. Should I, as the author of over 9,000 blog posts that have been used to train these large language models, be entitled to some of the revenue they will make? Let’s start with litigation.

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Data wants to disrupt your deal flow (again)

TechCrunch

AngelList’s recently closed early-stage venture fund brings back one of my favorite conversations within the world of early-stage startup fundraising: to data, or not to data. Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Our approach?

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

Both Sides of the Table

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: True Ventures, Social Leverage (Howard Lindzon). Blogging has gone through many iterations. 14.7mm in Series D.

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Your body, disrupted

OurCrowd

We expect healthcare to change in the next decade as disruptive technologies promise to improve patient outcomes, making medicine more personalized, effective, and interconnected. And through combined efforts, scientists, medical and technological experts, business leaders, and venture capitalists will tackle unmet clinical needs.