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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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What Type of Business Structure is Right for a SaaS, AI or IoT Company?

ReadWriteStart

Unless the LLC itself specifies otherwise, the company’s profits and losses are passed to members (owners and investors) in proportion to their contribution to the company. And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.”

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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

Gust

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. .

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What Type of Business Structure is Right for a SaaS, AI or IoT Company?

ReadWriteStart

Unless the LLC itself specifies otherwise, the company’s profits and losses are passed to members (owners and investors) in proportion to their contribution to the company. And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

. “…thank you very much for the opportunity to submit written testimony regarding capital formation and the state of the U.S. IPO market. billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St.

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