Dave’s thesis is different in some ways than our thesis at Union Square Ventures. But regardless of whether you are Dave McClure or Union Square Ventures, you need an investment thesis and you need to stick to it. Tags: Venture Capital and Technology I’ve been a fan of Dave McClure since I met him some time ago. MORE >>

distribution is much harder on mobile than web and we see a lot of mobile first startups getting stuck in the transition from successful product to large user base. there is a large pool of money in the venture capital asset class that is opportunistic, momentum driven, and thesis agnostic. lot, actually. So things have changed. MORE >>

talked about that in my what has changed post : distribution is much harder on mobile than web and we see a lot of mobile first startups getting stuck in the transition from successful product to large user base. mobile Venture Capital and Technology Web/TechI wrote the Mobile First Web Second blog post a few years ago. MORE >>

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. I told them that True Ventures had stuck to their brand name and submitted a totally clean term sheet. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed. MORE >>

They give you instant distribution, instant users, instant social identity. Venture Capital and Technology Web/TechThe day Google+ launched, I sent a friend at Google who was involved in building the service an email requesting an invite. got the invite late that day and started playing with the service. Here's my profile. MORE >>