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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

A Red Hook IPA didn’t taste like a Sam Adams Lager or the Belgium-style ale at your local brewpub – all of which were very different than a Bud Light. As the venture capital space matures, I see a similar pattern emerging. In many ways, the beer market of the 90’s is like the venture market today.

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Why So Many Small Emerging Managers Don’t Use Placement Agents

David Teten

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. Private equity/venture capital managers have a much longer duration than most any other fund type. Placement agents have to offer their investor network a range of funds to support themselves. But can you?

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

Now I knew that it began in the early days of World War II as a crash program to reduce the losses of bombers to the German air defense network. Finally, I had an answer to the question I had asked 35 years earlier when I was in Thailand: “How did electronic warfare get started?&# Electronic warfare and signals intelligence in the U.S.