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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This article originally ran on PEHub. 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. The Funding Problem.

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

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This article was originally published on TechCrunch. But I guess you could say the same about VC. Stock market declines would bring back dog days of VC. The full articles are linked below. The full articles are linked below. VC Ice Age Part 2 – Why the Market Started Moving Again? August 2011.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

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This article first appeared on TechCrunch. Will you get the TechCrunch bump, the tier-1 VC anointment, followed by great PR firm support and then the NY Times or WSJ story that follows? So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what does this all mean?

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. If you’re short on time click on the WSJ link and read the 990 word version there.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Let me use LA as an example. In our regions?

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists against the VC industry. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Optimized SaaS pricing, recruiting growth experts, VC surveys, more

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Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. HubStop introduced usage-based pricing in 2011 to boost its retention rate, then near 70%. “You have to wonder if every VC worth a damn in the future will have their own raft of SPAC offerings,” says Alex. and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. I, II and III.

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