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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. When I was graduated from university in 1991 it was only the really committed who eschewed the corporate world for creating tech startup businesses. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

This helps to replace the jobs lost as so many restaurants are going out of business due to COVID-19. – SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Does your business touch potential voters?