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How To Get A Job In Venture Capital

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My partner Seth Levine has written several posts over the years on the topic of how to get a job in venture capital. His 2019 post, titled creatively How To Get A Job In Venture Capital is excellent. If you are interested in a job in venture capital, go read Seth’s posts How To Get A Job In Venture Capital (2019).

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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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Step Into The VC Time Machine

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Good Times (Said Sequoia in October, 2008) and Nobody Knows Anything pointing to David Frankel’s tweet: @sequoia R.I.P. Good Times is nearly 10 years old! All of this ultimately led to me reviewing Sequoia’s classic slide deck from 2008. I remember reading it in 2008. David Frankel (@dafrankel) May 15, 2018.

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A Great Example of A Professor’s Involvement With A Startup Community

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After building up our leadership in this area, we formally established this initiative with Brad at the helm in 2008. In addition to leading the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic that aids the startup community, Brad co-teaches a venture capital course at Colorado Law, along with Jason Mendelson of Foundry Group.

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New Podcast – Funding Frequency

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What is in the new edition of Venture Deals My time as an entrepreneur and entry into venture capital Advice from Jack Tankersley, an early mentor The differences between raising fund I vs. fund II at a VC Firm How fund sizes impact investing strategies How a startup can weather the storms of an economic downturn and the characteristics of the companies (..)

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What’s Happening Today That No One Sees?

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The climax happens in 2008 and the denouement continues on until 2011. Subsequently, Amy and I went on a binge the past few days of other media around this, including the movie Too Big To Fail (which is really about what happened in the fall of 2008) and Inside Job (which covers a broader time range, but focused on 2005 – 2008).

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Ian Rogers Interviewed By Mark Suster

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Mark Suster interviews Ian Rogers , the CEO of Topspin Media, on ThisWeekIn Venture Capital. We’ve been investors in Topspin since early 2008 and I’ve got a huge man crush on Ian. Oh – and Ian was the original webmaster for the Beastie Boys – how cool is that?