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Praise Our Lord For Secondary Markets, Because Selling Shares Is Now an Essential Part of (Seed) Venture Capital

Hunter Walk

I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). But I’ve also seen a few change quite dramatically based upon the progressing ‘game on the field’ and my own VC experiences.

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Creator Ventures Raises $45M Fund II to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Internet Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Consumer has the largest share of global GDP, and yet consumer startups have been underfunded by venture capital in recent years, said Sasha Kaletsky, Managing Partner at Creator Ventures. This expansion signals vast potential for early-stage investment in consumer-facing tech startups.

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A Startup Financial Playbook: Budgeting, Funding and Risk Management

StartupNation

Such as product development or customer acquisition.) Venture Capital (VC) If rapid scaling is one of your financial goals, venture capital might be the right choice. Develop a risk matrix to map out these risks and create strategies to mitigate them. This helps you maintain full control.

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Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Crosswinds Ahead for Rising Startup Ecosystems

Revolution

With scarcer exit opportunities and LPs looking for returns, VCs may retreat further to perceived safety in traditional techhubs. In regions where venture capital is already sparse, accessing funding remains difficult and expensive.

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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.

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Partnership Judo: Don't work against people when vying for a partnership position

This is going to be BIG.

Is your firm feeling like Two VCs enter, one must leave given the limited number of partnership slots? Join us for an educational VC panel in NYC! Play the Long Game Venture capital is a long game. It doesnt have to be that way. And, if they're worried about an external hire taking the partner spot? Go find that person.

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How to Be a VC: Being Open

This is going to be BIG.

I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. In venture capital, you say "no" a lot. Practicing the word no as many times as a VC does means you have to fight not to have your mind close on you. For some, VC is about the picking rather than the fostering and growing.

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