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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

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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. Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market. Put a willing and forgiving exit market following any investment period and you get spectacular returns.

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Endless Meaningless Words in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

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For example, I continually get asked some version of “How do I get a job as a VC” and point everyone at my partner Seth’s post How To Get a Job In Venture Capital. ” There were different flavors, but if I summarized, it would be: Is the public market in a bubble? Is VC in a bubble? Are SPACs a bubble?

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

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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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Q316 State of Venture Capital Update With Cooley

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Each quarter Cooley does a VC market update. This quarter they interviewed me as part of it on Quarterly VC Update: Brad Feld on the State of Venture Capital Investing. Based on Cooley data for the quarter, how does your experience in the market compare? The interview with me follows. Similar/different? It’s the same.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

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When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s excellent blog posts How to become a venture capitalist and How to get a job in venture capital (revisited). The post My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist appeared first on Feld Thoughts. An accidental one.

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The Brilliance of Bloomberg’s Matt Levine

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Crypto Loves Its Shadow Banks : Also Archegos, CLOs and bond market liquidity. I Was Told There’d Be a Cake Merger : Also a threatening letter, a toehold stock position, a venture-capital paper and a tweet from an undisclosed location. Meme Stocks Were Too Good to Robinhood : Also Russian debt and crypto depositors.

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Book: Where The Jobs Are

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Incentivize the Formation and Commitment of Angel Capital. Fix Venture Capital by Fixing the IPO Market. Increase Startups Access to Capital. “Not All Good Ideas Get Funded Anymore” Make the SBA More Entrepreneur-Friendly. Cultivate the Formation of Viable New Businesses.

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