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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

This has been an important year for us as a firm, as well as the market in general. There was a significant pull-back of the public markets in Q1. But what kind of impact has this had on the private markets? Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups.

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Entrepreneur Finance Advice: Top 5 Monthly Dividend Stocks

The Startup Magazine

Main Street Capital is a publicly traded private equity firm that offers equity and debt financing to lower middle-market companies with a revenue between $10 million and $150 million. It also offers debt financing to middle-market companies making anywhere from $150 million to $1.5 Main Street Capital. Apple Hospitality REIT.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Secondly, the driver of returns for the funds raised in 1978 – 1981 was not their underlying portfolios, at what stage, or in what industries they were built. Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market. Put a willing and forgiving exit market following any investment period and you get spectacular returns.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

How this research is transferred outside the university, and why this “tech transfer” process is important was the focus of an interview with two of the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern).

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Founders – Use Your Down Round To Clean Up Your Cap Table

Feld Thoughts

Once again, as we find ourselves in the middle of a significant public market correction, especially around technology stocks, there’s an enormous amount of noise in the system, as there always is. And, rather than rational and helpful thoughts for entrepreneurs, it often brings out the schadenfreude in even the most talented people.