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Moneyball Design: Why the Research and Data Analysis is Critical to Getting Your Prospects to Convert

ConversionXL

It’s about the Oakland A’s and their General Manager Billy Beane. A recent article on Venture Beat talks about how Venture Capital firms are starting to take a Moneyball approach: “ In Silicon Valley, new firms are going a step further by creating an entire investment thesis around data. What’s Moneyball?

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Why Are Venture Capitalists Ignoring The Future? The Emerging Domestic Economy

David Teten

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Despite all this, we are living on a different planet when it comes to which companies receive venture capital.