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This is going to be BIG.
JULY 16, 2014
I, along with my investors and my portfolio, will have the best chance of success when the ecosystems we participate in, especially the geographic ones, fully support high growth entrepreneurship. Venture Capital & Technology' Here''s what I am not: I am not necessarily an entrepreneur''s friend.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 3, 2016
That was a question posed to me by a new analyst at a venture capital fund. While there are lots and lots of really kind, generous people working in venture capital--the recently retired Howard Morgan, Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, and Karin Klein for example--it's really tough to argue that there isn't widespread jerkery. So what gives?
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This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 14, 2014
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. Well, it''s gotta mean something, right?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Those were the dog days of entrepreneurship. I just want to figure out what a fair valuation is.&# I figured all the VC’s talked so we should. No gotchas. No option pool shuffle.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2013
And I have been impressed with Steven Kaplan and others at University of Chicago (my alma mater), who have been encouraging entrepreneurship through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship , through angel investing , seed conferences and changes in teaching. Venture Capital. Internationalization of Technology.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 3, 2011
But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear. ” [it's short, you should read it]. Please watch this. Every single one.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Since then, I’ve founded several startups, was employee #3 at a $65m VC firm in San Francisco, and realized that there is a similar phenomenon to what Robert Kiyosaki is talking about in Rich Dad, Poor Dad currently occurring in Silicon Valley. The point of entrepreneurship is freedom. Path 1: Venture-backed startup 90% chance of $0.
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