thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Unfortunately not for groundbreaking technology, but for rampant sexual harassment and predatory behavior. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. The old continent often looks up to the Valley as a sort of Eldorado of IT. we don’t).

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Deal origination is a slow, labor-intensive, frustrating process. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Detailed due diligence. Deals as % targeted companies. Profiled initially. Target Selected. 10,000 [v].

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114