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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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At the other end of the spectrum large funds have gotten even larger in the past few years which has massively increased the amount of consolidation in our industry as 66% of LP money into venture is now concentrated in late-stage or full-cycle VCs. Why is this? and the bigger funds can’t get in directly. The iPhone was released.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

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I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Thursday, November 19, 2009. ► January. (1).

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising.

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ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct

Professor VC

I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2008. (14). Lets get back to the topic of gut investing. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).