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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
” From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to deride [Naval, the co-founder of AngelList]” as though the industry was collectively s g its pants that AngelList was going to put us out of business. This is the same way VC firms, by the way. Bowery Capital).
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MAY 24, 2021
This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero.
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MAY 23, 2012
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. What the explosion in startups really means for our industry is a much bigger pipeline of potential deals if we VC’s can be patient. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
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.
StartupNation
JUNE 4, 2025
This article breaks down the essentials of innovative design techniques that have a proven track record for engaging investors. I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections.
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MARCH 19, 2013
This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. That it is non-dilutive financing? Good luck with that.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2010
I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply. Why should you care?
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