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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel. The VC industry is segmenting – I have spoken about this many times before. The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. It’s just not a VC investment.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. To really assess what opportunities the VC industry has over the next decade, one needs to first look at some of the root causes of poor returns in the past decade. THAT is disruption. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption. It was September 2008.

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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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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. I think both will grow but not nearly as fast as the sectors that surround VC. AI developed for over forty years before its coming out party. I think it will take web3 less than half that time.

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

For example, activist hedge funds, and most private equity and VC funds. A private equity/VC investor can proactively recruit new team members, win clients, or if necessary change management. . This negative externality is unique to financial services and was particularly obvious in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. Zach Aarons, MetaProp VC Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?