The impact of accelerator programs like Y Combinator, Techstars, Seedcamp, and dozens more are one factor. like to think of the venture capital business like parenting. see the capital calls. When a fund has called 40% of its committed capital six months into its existence, I worry. believe that is certainly true. MORE >>

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. MORE >>

While this signaled that investments in technology companies could be very lucrative, both Shockley and Fairchild could only be funded through corporate partners – there was no venture capital industry. government backed venture firms and limited partnerships. wave of innovation was about to meet a pile of risk capital. MORE >>

Here's a paragraph from Steven Johnson's excellent analysis of what has happened in NYC in the past decade : One secret to New York’s technological success lies in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), a two-year graduate course at New York University. Tags: Venture Capital and Technology Web/Tech MORE >>

We are reaching out to our friends in the startup world including other VCs, accelerator programs, and the startup lawyer universe to suggest that they to insert the patent hack into their standard forms. Many years ago now, my prior venture capital firm, Flatiron Partners, invested in a company called Thinking Media. MORE >>