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| Page 1 of 21 | Previous | Next | THINKING ABOUT THINKING JANUARY 19, 2011 Venture Capital (VC) Blog Directory – 2011 Edition This is the 4th edition of the Venture Capital Blog Directory ( 1st edition , 2nd edition , 3rd edition ). This directory includes 149 venture capital, microVC/seed, and growth equity blogs. Fred Wilson ( @fredwilson ), Union Square Ventures, A VC (81,483). Mike Speiser, SutterHill Ventures, Laserlike (490). | GABRIEL WEINBERG OCTOBER 24, 2011 What I learned from raising venture capital recently raised venture capital for the first time. DuckDuckGo raised a series A round from Union Square Ventures and a handful of awesome angel investors. They were: Andreessen Horowitz Matrix Partners SV Angel Redpoint Morganthaler Gerylock Charles River Ventures DFJ Having multiple term sheets really matters. Bad idea. | | | | | |
| | | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER 13, 2011 What We Are Seeing The capital markets are finite at some level. The conventional wisdom is that 10-20% of venture funds produce 100% of the returns in the asset class. The one bright sign in LP land is that emerging managers (what USV was a few years ago) are getting more attention from LPs. Venture Capital and Technologyinstead. | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY MAY 1, 2011 First Time vs Serial Entrepreneurs The first time founder often has no experience recruiting, managing teams, and building organizations. They know how to recruit, manage, and structure organizations. was talking about this dichotomy with another venture capitalist the other day. Venture Capital and TechnologyBut there are significant differences. | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY JANUARY 2, 2010 Areas Of Interest This is not an attempt to guess what my colleagues in the venture business are looking at. think that's a safe bet and I would venture that it could be well north of that. In the six years we've been actively investing under the Union Square Ventures brand/platform, I've led/managed thirteen investments. | | | | | | | |
| - Difficult Is Good
But one of my favorite stories about entrepreneurs comes from Dan Valentine , the founder of Sequoia , which is one of the best venture capital firms in the business. Getting along with difficult entrepreneurs is one of the secrets to success in the venture capital business. Venture Capital and Technology MORE >> -
ABOVETHECROWD.COM | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009 What Is Really Happening to the Venture Capital Industry?
[Follow Me on Twitter] Many are speculating that the year two thousand and nine represents a fundamental turning point for the venture capital industry. Internet Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech asset allocation asset management LBO VC Venture MORE >> -
STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 Steel In Their Eyes – Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s
Venture Capitalists who are serious about turning their firms into more than one-fund wonders may want to have their associates actually start and run a company for a year. Every potential early-stage Venture Capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner. Venture Capital is still a “craft business”. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012  It’s Morning in Venture Capital
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. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! MORE >> - The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering
The product person sets the overall requirements, specs them, focuses on the UI and UX and manages the process. The engineering person builds the product or manages the team that builds the product, or both. Or they bring in product managers but don't build a highly functioning product organization. They will be managers. MORE >>
- Are You the Fool at The Table? STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2011
- Venture Capital Creating Systemic Risk??? A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010
- On historical returns and venture capital flavours FRED DESTIN | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012
- The Expanding Birthrate Of Web Startups A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2010
- How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
- The Four Main Things that Investors Look for in a Startup BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2010
- How Scientists and Engineers Got It Right, and VC’s Got It Wrong STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011
- Continuous Feedback A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011
- Venture Deals: Chapter 8: How Venture Capital Funds Work ASK THE VC | FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
- Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- Lockups and Insider Selling A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
- Collusion A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
- Give Your VCs Assignments FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010
- Are Business Plans Still Necessary? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
- Raising Capital for Venture Capital Funds and Bumblebees JOHN FRANKEL | SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011
- Staying Independent A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012
- The Singularity hits Venture Capital (Wilson/Kauffman Redux) FRED DESTIN | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012
- What Is A "Venture Partner" And Why Does It Matter To You? A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010
- When Things Don't Work Out A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013
- Want To Be A VC? Start A Company. A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011
- Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011
- Parallel Processing Inside Your Company A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
- What's in a (venture capital) website ? FRED DESTIN | MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011
- Can The Crowd Be More Patient? A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
- Where In The World Is Eduardo Saverin? THINKING ABOUT THINKING | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
- Email Bankruptcy A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010
- Healthcare A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011
- The Bad Board Member STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011
- The Great European Venture Capital Crisis FRED DESTIN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012
- The New Deal – A Founding CEOs Value is Non Linear STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
- How to Better Manage Relationships with Your VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
- Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010
- Entrepreneurs Teach VCs to be VCs A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011
- Brooklyn Beta A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
- Social Proof Is Dangerous A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
- When, Where, and How to Raise Venture Capital STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011
- The State of Cleantech Venture Capital: What Lies Ahead SECRET FORMULA | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013
- Everyone's A VC A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
- Ben Horowitz On The Psychology Of Being CEO A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011
- Contaminated Labs A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010
- Venture Capital Investors Look Beyond Your Startup STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
- Don't Let Good Friends Hear About It On TechCrunch A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
- Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs DAVID TETEN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012
- Startup Recruiting Hacks THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011
- That Person Won't Scale A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010
- From The Archives: The Poker Analogy A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012
- Bored Of Directors (continued) A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011
- Fall in love with the problem, not the product THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
- Who You Want On Your Board A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
- Who is Getting Venture Capital Money This Year? STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010
- Startup Suicide – Rewriting the Code STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
- How to Get Venture Capital: What NOT to Do GROWTHINK BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011
- Coworking Spaces A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
- Pair Up A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
- Standard investor update for startups BEYONDVC | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010
- How to approach and make an introduction to a VC THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011
- Dear MBAs who want to work at startups THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010
- Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
- 4 Questions and 4 Pressure Tests To Decipher A VC’s Interest In Your Company THINKING ABOUT THINKING | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
- Paperless Financing Docs A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011
- Orange County Venture Capital Workshop DATAGRANT VENTURE CAPITAL NEWS | SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2011
- Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3 BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
- Tradeoffs in Innovative Careers THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
- How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012
- Backing Founders vs. CEOs STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011
- Why Taxing Carried Interest As Ordinary Income Is Good Policy A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2010
- Let Your Winners Run A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
- Sixteen Years Ago A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012
- Founder Liquidity THINKING ABOUT THINKING | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009
- Venture Capital Q&A Session BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- Motherhood and Entrepreneurship A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011
- VC’s Are Not Your Friends STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011
- Growth A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
- Bashing The Collective Wisdom On IPOs A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
- The Most Critical Startup Talent Crunch: Great Leaders at Growing Companies THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
- Building a company that people want to work for THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010
- Don’t let email kill your productivity THE EQUITY KICKER | FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
- A return to the clouds HAZARD LIGHTS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012
- Open Letter to Congress OC VC | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
- Tracking the Hiring Funnel THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
- Empowering Your Team A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010
- The Wrong Reasons To Pursue Venture Capital: Salaries GET VENTURE | THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010
- Why Governments Don’t Get Startups STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
- 9 Quick Tips Learned While Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital ONSTARTUPS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010
- Brewster A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
- The importance of investor signaling in venture pricing CHRIS DIXON | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
- 10 Ways for Startups to Survive the Valley of Death STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013
- How to get an exciting job at an awesome startup in less than a month THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011
- Why Venture Capital No Longer Defines Innovation READWRITESTART | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
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John Morris