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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture.

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Austin Startup

645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. Aspect Ventures | Aligned VC We believe that the interests of investors and entrepreneurs can and should be aligned. For most of us, we have been the only woman partner or senior executive in our firm.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. In any given year there are about 50 venture-backed companies or so that are bought for $100 million or more. some founders lose their life savings. This post originally ran on TechCrunch.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. On the other hand, exits at lower prices are easier with these providers of capital.

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The Enlightenment, the lean startup and Steve Jobs

The Equity Kicker

In 1999 when I started in venture capital there were no blogs and very few business books that were useful for entrepreneurs. All founders could do was accumulate wise advisors and rely on their wits and instinct. It’s not the easiest read, but for the first time founders had a playbook they could follow.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? The best early PR is a product that people actually love plus a genuine story to tell from the founder. And by brokers, we mean people who offer to make introductions to investor and/or help with raising capital. Start a blog.