A couple of years ago I posted about what I thought would be the “new era of Venture Capital.” From that post: I believe what we’re going to see in the venture industry is a bifurcation of fundraising– basically a barbell on the graph of fund sizes. MORE >>

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why. MORE >>

It was the first investment we made at Union Square Ventures and we sold that company a few years ago. They taught me a lot about finding and researching opportunities, structuring deals, managing a fund, and working with limited partners.  Venture Capital and Technologybacked him again more recently. MORE >>

Thanks to George Zachary , a partner at Charles River Ventures , for sponsoring Venture Hacks this week. In my first post, A brief history of your investors (and their investors) , I wrote about the history of venture capital. Highest LT capital gains tax rate. And the same for venture investors. MORE >>

The Kauffman Foundation seeks to put the final nail in the coffin of the VC malaise, with a thoughtful and evidence based recap of what we already know: "VC is Broken" and driving the point home to Limited Partners: "we have seen the enemy and it's us". Venture Capitalam going to focus on the way forward for LP's. MORE >>