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This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will also be my last venture capital deal. Venture capital is a pretty opaque industry and if I can shed some light on what it’s like to do this, or to decide to stop doing it, I’m happy to help. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 17, 2023
Preparing for the game… If you have been following our recent insights, you’ll be up to speed knowing that professional investors negotiate tough terms, from provisions of control over asset acquisition, eventual sale of the company, future investments, forced co-sale when others attempt to sell their shares and more.
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This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2023
The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds. Technology has already made the world pretty efficient.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MARCH 25, 2024
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in four dynamic companies. Flat5 , located in Lewistown : Flat5 offers a transparent and automated solution to streamline the trucking industry.
Berkonomics
MARCH 28, 2024
All other board functions are secondary. Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. Actually, there are two legal duties of board members. Second is the duty of loyalty… …Loyalty to the corporate person, not to the shareholders who elected the board member.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 25, 2022
Typically, investors don’t take a board seat until you raise your first equity round—which means that it could be *years* before you have a real board meeting: A year of nights/weekends work researching, prototyping, and fundraising. Many people extend this round and don’t get there for two years. How many is too many, for example?
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 14, 2021
It may be silly and crazy, but it has also been a good investment for my friend and anyone who bought it in the early years. The combination of memes and investing is a powerful cocktail that I have been ignoring for a long time, probably incorrectly. It is easy to dismiss meme investing.
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