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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. Many of the industry funds were wildly successful (in sectors such as media communications, health care, consumer, etc.),

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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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This quarter they interviewed me as part of it on Quarterly VC Update: Brad Feld on the State of Venture Capital Investing. The post Q316 State of Venture Capital Update With Cooley appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Each quarter Cooley does a VC market update. The interview with me follows.

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Women Who Venture

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As an avid writer and reader, I feel that a book is a unique medium that serves a different purpose than the other written media that we consume regularly. The existing bias in the venture capital industry is multidimensional and implicates career challenges not only for women, but also for other underrepresented groups.

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Harry Stebbings on the Give First Podcast

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Harry is probably best known for his podcast, The Twenty Minute VC , the world’s largest media asset in venture capital, with over five million downloads per month. Today’s Give First podcast features Harry Stebbings of the 20 Minute VC and a partner at Stride.vc

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Ian Rogers Interviewed By Mark Suster

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Mark Suster interviews Ian Rogers , the CEO of Topspin Media, on ThisWeekIn Venture Capital. We’ve been investors in Topspin since early 2008 and I’ve got a huge man crush on Ian. Oh – and Ian was the original webmaster for the Beastie Boys – how cool is that?

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What’s Happening Today That No One Sees?

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Subsequently, Amy and I went on a binge the past few days of other media around this, including the movie Too Big To Fail (which is really about what happened in the fall of 2008) and Inside Job (which covers a broader time range, but focused on 2005 – 2008). Venture Capital and entrepreneurship was dramatically out of favor.