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Entrepreneurial Density and Venture Capital

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Two of his latest articles talk about entrepreneurial density and venture capital. The Connection Between Venture Capital and Diverse, Dense Communities. In it, he looked at Venture Capital financing (total dollars and number of deals) on a per-capital basis. Combine Boulder and Denver.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

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The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business. If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing.

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Are Things Moving Faster Than In 1999?

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I spent the day yesterday doing Denver Startup Week stuff. After I sold my first company, I started a company called Intensity Ventures to make all my personal investments from. When I started making venture capital investments in 1997, the pace of things, and the amount of work I did, was massive.

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Entrepreneurial Story Telling

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There are two such stories in Westword Denver this week. The first one is about Next Big Sound and is titled Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder’s Next Big Sound predict the next rock star? That was one of the motivations for David Cohen and I to write Do More Faster.

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VC Offsites – Our Approach

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Many of them are either at Jason’s house, my house, or a hotel in Denver. Close to Home : We try to avoid the offsite becoming a boondoggle. We keep it close to home and relatively modest. Occasionally we’ll go to a resort in Colorado Springs (a two hour drive).