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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

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The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business. If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing.

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The Long Arc of A CEO / Investor Friendship

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I’ve been involved in Return Path as an investor since 2001 when Return Path and Veripost merged as part of a funding done by Sutter Hill (Greg Sands), Flatiron Partners (Fred Wilson), and Mobius Venture Capital (me). I wrote the very long story in a post titled Return Path Acquires Netcreations in 2004.

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Are Things Moving Faster Than In 1999?

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After I sold my first company, I started a company called Intensity Ventures to make all my personal investments from. When I started making venture capital investments in 1997, the pace of things, and the amount of work I did, was massive. The name kind of says it all.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

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The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Venture Capital Matters. The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003 – 2011). Led By Entrepreneurs.

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Try On The Decision For 30 Days

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In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. My whole world blew up in 2001. I try on the decision for a period of time – the more significant the decision, the longer the period of time. For the really major decisions, I try them on for 30 days. Here’s an example.

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1985: Oil Prices Will Go Up Forever

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In the Internet bubble, while I kept this lesson in the back of my mind, I ended up suspending disbelief, like so many others, in 2000 and into the spring of 2001. You don’t have to look very far to see some remarkable companies that survived and transcended the Internet bubble collapsing in 2001. Oil prices do not go up forever.

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They Can’t Kill You And They Can’t Eat You

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It’s the summer of 2001. By breakfast in the summer of 2001, the stock was trading under $1 / share. In addition to my role as co-chairman of Interliant (Len was my co-chairman), I was also a partner at Mobius Venture Capital, sitting on over 25 boards, including five non-US companies. I was exhausted. But he did.

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