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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. And young investors who left careers in banking or consulting to enter venture feel disillusioned – they didn’t think it would be this hard. billion in new funds in the fourth quarter.

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Venture Capital: A System Built On Trust

YoungUpstarts

The venture capital system promises both founder and investor that they can be successful while getting what they want. It does this by making money the medium: Investors have money, founders need money. The post Venture Capital: A System Built On Trust appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Leadership is More Than a Memo

Steve Blank

I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley. The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry – at startups and venture capital firms – and the interaction between men and women in the two. Yes, in the dim past of Silicon Valley the execs really wore suits.).

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The rise of the female founder

Version One Ventures

Women are underrepresented as engineers, management, investors, and founders. venture capital deals go to women founders and CEOs. However, there are signs that the situation, at least when it comes to female founders, is improving. The post The rise of the female founder appeared first on Version One Ventures.

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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

The last few months have been an unprecedented time for entrepreneurs and startup founders on the market. Figures provided by Crunchbase show venture capital funding dropped by 33% in Q3 2022 compared to Q2 and almost 53% down from the same time in 2021. The days of lavish seed funding rounds are over — for now, at least.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). So why did Larry need to return?

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

In January, Jerry Neumann wrote a long and detailed analysis of his view of the VC industry in the 1980’s titled Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980’s. Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response.