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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? For example carried interest takes years to accrue and is based on the efforts and decisions of both the individual and the firm that happened 5-10 years ago.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. You could just outspend. It is to out friend.

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Seed Investments in Insurrection

This is going to be BIG.

Better yet, how confident are you that the investors behind the big social media and content platforms will insist on better polices going forward? More advertisers will feel comfortable spending money on it. How many years did VCs continue to pour money into these companies before there was ever a “what if” board conversation?