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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). The fundraising environment is certainly tougher for later rounds.