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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. 2007 was the watershed year. On the surface the narratives have been. Why is this? The iPhone was released.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Note: This is a long post and it’s based on reflecting on a couple of years of observations in the venture industry. In June of 2013, as I was putting together my thoughts for the K9 Ventures annual meeting, I decided to sit back and reflect on what I thought was happening in “Venture Land”. The Epilogue. Seed is the New A.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. In fact, the enforceability of non-competes in Massachusetts has been cited as one key contributor to the rise of Silicon Valley compared to Boston.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. The same goes for "non-competes" or non- solicitation covenants. The biggest value I can probably offer you is that I would talk about what youre working on.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Google is not descriptive of the company’s search core competency nor was it particularly easy to pronounce, spell or remember when the site was initially launched. Amazon – While arguably better than the company’s initial name, “Cadabra.com”, “Amazon” does not convey the company’s initial core competency of online book sales.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

venturehacks.com

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. They can even add more value than an independent board member because they don’t have to deal with corporate governance. Reply # FirstTime · Aug 18, 2008 An advisor is offering help on fund raising, corporate, business strategy front in lieu of stake. See Part 1 for the rest.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Four years from that time, SALESmanago established itself as Europe’s largest and – according to Datanyze, one of the world’s top 6 – marketing automation platforms, competing with such world players as Hubspot, Marketo, Act-on and Oracle Eloqua. 9) Cutting out corporations. 23) Change corporate groupthink.