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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still?

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted.

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies. The HFRI Index returned 18.3% annually over the last twenty years.

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Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman Talk with Lindel Eakman about Transitioning Leadership at a VC Fund

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Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. Lindel is no stranger to thorny venture capital issues — he was arguably amongst the most successful LPs of his generation.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Through our Brand Advocate Process, we plan , build, promote and monitor social media strategies that include "app-vertising". We’re not doing it for you.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

TechCrunch

Ultimately, Atrium’s failure shows how difficult and unprofitable it could be to disrupt a traditional and complicated system. The startup targeted working professionals in cities, and raised only around $11 million in known venture capital. Still, even venture capital couldn’t make vending machines work well enough.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise. But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs.