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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Almost overnight the floodgates opened, and risk capital was available at scale from venture capital investors who rushed their startups toward public offerings.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

The article starts off saying that “Matthew Varilek has traveled across the state, proselytizing the potential benefits of the Small Business Investment Company Program.” Matthew, if you really want to have a deep discussion about why the SBIC program isn’t effective for VC funds anymore, feel free to give me a shout.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). Thus is venture capital.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

So in this age of uncertainty how should someone react who simply wants to collect a few greenbacks in exchange for their brilliant programming acumen? Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. Boring programming jobs? Stable in a recession?

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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Whither Venture Capital– A Constructive Perspective from the Kauffman Fellows Program

Pascal's View

There is plenty of ink flowing with speculation on the future of the venture capital industry. Phil Wickham , CEO of the Kauffman Fellows Program , has a constructive perspective on this topic, which he expressed in his CEO recap in the Kauffman Fellows Program eBulletin that was published on June 2.