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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Paris, November 1998. Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. I think there are many more opportunities to disrupt the space. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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So You Wanna be a VC?

Professor VC

(girl scout song believed to be adapted from poem written by Joseph Parry (1841-1903) or perhaps Boardwalk Empire if you believe Reddit ) In the picture above, "Make New Friends" was sung by the entire Barron Park Elementary School on its first day as a neighborhood school in 1998. So what changed and why I am now launching a syndicate?

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How to Be an Angel Investor

www.paulgraham.com

When we sold our startup in 1998 I thought one day Id do some angelinvesting. Mechanics Angel investors often syndicate deals, which means they join togetherto invest on the same terms. In a syndicate there is usually a"lead" investor who negotiates the terms with the startup. Dont feel like you have to join a syndicate, though.