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How to Do Research on VCs (Written by a VC)

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And of course, many individual VCs blog or have social media presences, so you can get a sense of what a particular partner is interested in or what themes they’ve concentrated on. Practically speaking, that’s of course not possible — we’ve invested in over 40 companies since NextView started in 2010.

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Should We Take Harvard MBAs Seriously as Startup Founders? [New Data]

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Going to business school and becoming a startup founder are often positioned as conflicting choices by the media and startup bloggers. But even ignoring that year and looking only at the classes of 2008-2010, HBS classes gave birth to startups that raised a bit over $400 million on average within five years of graduation.