thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Success in early stage investing is about spotting unique talent and collaborating with entrepreneurs to help grow their businesses, not a prescribed method of pattern recognition.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

4) Entrepreneur-defined funds. J-Angels “is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.”. Diaspora Ventures is a “pre-seed fund … looking to back the next generation of French entrepreneurs building tech companies in the US.”.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. There may indeed be some lazy investors, but I have yet to come across even one amongst all those that I have met in the Valley. The Valley has that.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. There may indeed be some lazy investors, but I have yet to come across even one amongst all those that I have met in the Valley. The Valley has that.

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. If I''m going to pay a fee and carry, would prefer to invest in a venture capital fund, as the investments are being managed by professionals and have a duty to look out for LP interests.

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