Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

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. My advice to a venture capitalist, then, now or later, is simple: Do what you know, do what you love; build great companies and over time you will succeed.

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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

JUNE 28, 2016

Incentivize the Formation and Commitment of Angel Capital. Fix Venture Capital by Fixing the IPO Market. Increase Startups Access to Capital. Create a “Startup Visa” Create CitizenCorps. “Not All Good Ideas Get Funded Anymore” Make the SBA More Entrepreneur-Friendly.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2014

4/11 and @pmarca on why the IPO is not what it used to be – [link]. The first article, In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together , was a summary that let to the second article, The Cost of Friendship , which led to the actual article behind the annoying SSRN paywall. 9/11 I end with Haiku.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

They range from “the sky is falling” to “the IPO market window is closing” to “there will be more stupid television shows about Silicon Valley” (I prefer Game of Thrones and 24, thank you very much.). We were in the middle of fundraising for Softbank Venture Capital (which became Mobius Venture Capital.)

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Hedge funds are once again allocating big money to private companies and lots of cross-over public company investors are trying to get large dollars into private companies pre-IPO. Entrepreneurship cycles investing Venture Capital' What’s old is new again. Remember it.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2014

4/11 and @pmarca on why the IPO is not what it used to be – [link]. The first article, In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together , was a summary that let to the second article, The Cost of Friendship , which led to the actual article behind the annoying SSRN paywall. 9/11 I end with Haiku.

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