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Simple Advice for Junior Folks in Venture Capital: Don’t Be a Generalist. Do One Thing Really Well for your GP and One Thing Really Well for Founders.

Hunter Walk

This one is “what advice do you have for someone who is a new VC analyst or wants to join a firm at that level?” ” If you’re joining a venture capital firm as a junior professional I’d recommend against being a generalist, or trying to get good at everything. Or some data analysis competency.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

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In data analysis you want to look for “primary&# research, which means the person who initially gathered the data. But all of the data projections were so different so I decided to call some of the research companies and ask how they derived their data. Statistics aren’t evil.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

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When my pal Dave started his venture fund, 500 Startups, he was ridiculed. He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. When you discuss them in person he is very reasoned, articulate and dispassionate. How can anybody do 500 startups?”. Sounds obvious.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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And naturally we have built in quality controls like: frequency capping, automated measurement so we can pull ads that people respond poorly to, A/B testing tools, data analysis to tell celebrities & brands which products will resonate, etc. We believe this is why Google Ventures invested in Pixazza.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

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Perhaps the best known new VC platforms of the last 10 years that are done on more modest scales are First Round Capital and True Ventures. When we think about how we want to run our firm at Upfront Ventures we clearly had this debate ourselves and tried to decide what we felt was right for our skills, ambitions and management styles.

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AIMMO, an AI Data Firm for Self-Driving Mobility, Strengthens Its Global Business Presence at Pangyo Zero City

AsiaTechDaily

My first career began at an e-commerce company where I worked on data analysis. Observing mobile and AI trends, I noticed the rising prominence of AI technology and thus founded AIMMO, a venture I’ve been dedicated to for the past eight years. Could you tell us about AIMMO’s AI data solution?

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From Vision to Reality: Unveiling Event Management Platform in Korea, EventUs

AsiaTechDaily

This transition marked the beginning of EVENTUS, as they ventured into automating tasks within the event operations process and accumulating valuable data. That’s why we created EVENTUS, automating most tasks of business events with IT and enabling data analysis,” Ahn shares. ” Ahn highlights. .

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