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Is @AngelList Syndicates Really Such a Big Deal?

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If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” My favorite new VC blogger, Hunter Walk, weighed in with some thoughtful comments about how Syndicates might actually pit, “ angel vs. angel.” Bowery Capital).

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What are your predictions for the road ahead.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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When he had his prototype solution for DataSift and had secured re-syndication rights (the rights to resell Twitter data – which only 3 companies ever had) I knew I wanted to work with him. We kept meeting at conferences over the next 18 months and he kept showing me what he was working on.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. The biggest difference from experience is that in bad markets people without venture capital experience or strategies are the first to the exit. They worry too much about missing out on a deal.

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

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This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. In my third seed deal we co-invested with a seed fund and then syndicated the rest to strategic angels.

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Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical

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It’s just that he’s a “super seed&# investor in a firm, Founder Collective , that I really respect (and with whom I’ve done two deals and hope to do a third) and I’m a partner in a venture capital firm, GRP Partners. So we’re bound to frame the issue in slightly different terms.