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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I said that I felt that Micro-VCs were the most important change in our industry. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. I believe that.

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Why You Should Make Your Competitors Your Frenemies

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And as I talked about in my “talking to VCs about your competition&# post, the first instinct of a VC is no different. We all know that the existence of startups is all about limited resources, huge time pressures and a constant struggle to time market adoption and investor financing.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

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Interswitch, for instance, was founded in 2002, which doesn’t necessarily make it a startup despite still being private. The sector, which is both local and international investors’ top destination, attracted between 25% to 31% of the total VC funding last year from varying sources.

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Ed Zimmerman: The Growing Scarcity of Series B Venture Rounds

WSJ - The Accelerators

For instance, in first quarter 2015, 55% of all American venture rounds were either seed or Series A, split almost evenly, while 19% of all rounds were Series B (the third round of financing), according to data from CB Insights. Because the U.S. companies. (See This trend of foreign startups seeking earlier and earlier U.S.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. I swore never to do that as a VC.

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Why Web3?

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

It reminds me of the early days of web2 in 2001/2002/2003, when we started USV. As such Web3 can, if properly developed and with the right kind of regulation, provide a meaningful shift in power back to individuals and communities. The good news is there are literally tens of thousands of teams building new things on a web3 stack now.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? I often tell people in this scenario to focus on a VC “fixer upper.” Being the CEO of a fixer-upper gives you board exposure and VC relationships that will benefit you later. ” (Warren Buffett).