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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

Venture capital is a male-dominated business and it’s rare to get the perspectives of female VC. So, it’s great to have Jalak Jobanputra, as managing partner at FuturePerfect Ventures, share her perspective on The Barefoot VC blog. Andrew Parker is a VC with Spark Capital in Boston. The Barefoot VC. The Gong Show.

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Come Join Our Investment Team in NYC!

View from Seed

You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $200M+ of committed capital under management. You are a self-starter and enjoy approaching work independently without much direction.

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5 Unfair Advantages To Help You Succeed In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need venture capital, maybe you need to spend more time in Silicon Valley or Boston. Fortunately, you can develop this skill. Location and luck: right place at the right time. I’m a proponent of the old adage that you make your own luck in business.

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We’re Hiring for Our Investment Team at NextView’s NYC Office

View from Seed

You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. . NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $200M of committed capital under management. You act as an “ invited guest.”. You are hungry.

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A Venture Capital Career Is Like Walking from Boston to San Francisco

Feld Thoughts

He said: “Being a VC is like taking a walk from Boston to San Francisco” I’d never heard that before so I said: “tell me more.” You start out on a sunny day in Boston. The post A Venture Capital Career Is Like Walking from Boston to San Francisco appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Venture Capital Investors Look Beyond Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2013, the Q1 increase marks three consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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The Midas List Then and Now

View from Seed

The biggest rise, unsurprisingly, was China, which enjoyed a huge surge in venture capital dollars over the past decade and enjoyed its fair share of blockbuster exits. I personally think it’s pretty healthy to see so much success in Venture Capital driven by relatively new market entrants. Firm Persistence.