Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2013

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. High-Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

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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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2014

When a fund has an exit, it can either distribute the money to its investors (the LPs) or it can “recycle it” and invest it in new and existing companies in the fund. At this point, it would have taken $6m of management fees (2% * 3 years) so it could recycle the $6m (hence, reinvesting it) while distributing $14m to the LPs.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

Mark Suster interviews Ian Rogers , the CEO of Topspin Media, on ThisWeekIn Venture Capital. I find him incredibly passionate and articulate about what he does – he exemplifies the kind of entrepreneur we want to back in our Distribution theme.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

This was an artifact of the last 30 years of venture capital, where VCs often would use the board meeting as the way to primarily engage with the company. Monthly financial package: This is a full financial package distributed to the board and executive team. Some had four per year, some six, some eight, and some had twelve.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2012

For a number of years, my partner Jason Mendelson has been teaching an extremely popular course at CU Boulder Law School with Brad Bernthal titled Venture Capital – A 360 Degree Perspective. While it’s a course taught in the law school, it’s (not surprisingly) become popular with the MBA students at CU Boulder.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

I also plan to price it low so it has the potential for broad distribution. Venture Capital Matters. I plan to have the book published and available by 2/29/12. I’m self-publishing this one so there will be no delay in getting it out. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community.

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