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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. With nearly 2/3rd of all VCs citing cost-cutting in 2016 as the norm — this is a clear indication that winter made an appearance. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to my conversation with Robert Schooley on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In our conversation, he detailed the many, many mistakes we made along the way and most critically, how we can avoid them next time. Here's my conversation with Dr. Robert Schooley. Because this is not over.