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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. It kicked Google Video’s ass. They help speed up the network by pushing the highly viewed and large media files to the “edge&# of the network (e.g. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

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

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7 Indications Of Your Ability To Get Business Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. As with most business and personal interactions, first impressions tend to become lasting ones.

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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

As I was scrolling through Twitter today and saw the rumors around Gimlet, the podcast media company, being acquired by Spotify for $200M in cash, I knew I had to stop, write this post, and share some thoughts on what’s going on. 5/ Underlying RSS Technology Not Optimal For 21st Century Media. So, here goes…. Remember Pandora?

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. IRRs work really well in a 12-year bull market but VCs have to make money in good markets and bad. Except the music stopped. We also focus heavily on geographies.

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7 Personal Attributes That Attract Investor Attention

Startup Professionals Musings

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. As with most business and personal interactions, first impressions tend to become lasting ones.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 The video content will remain effective for another couple of years: from DIY to answering the most common questions to reviewing the products. Social Commerce The trend of social commerce, or selling products through social media platforms , will be #1 on all charts.

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