Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital. Union Square Ventures is an investor. Startup Advice This Week in Venture CapitalBut I loved reading them and so did my team. Thanks. Upon graduating, he went to work at Microsoft. MORE >>

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S. venture capitalists invested $26.5 MORE >>

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. MORE >>

In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. Otherwise, what incentive exists for the VC  to put in more capital or to have the founders earn money. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital It’s that simple. Only then are you truly aligned. I had a 2.5 MORE >>

Seems like most of the September 11ths we've had over the past nine years were just like today and just like the one in 2001 that will leave this date in infmany for centuries to come. Tags: Venture Capital and Technology It's a clear blue sky this morning in lower manhattan. That was a horrible day. MORE >>