Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. VCs also get capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses. I found the conversation a bit disconcerting.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. The third reason is less in the hands of these institutional investors, and that’s governance. Lee’s posts also appear regularly on View From Seed. Subscribe here for more.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) And for the first time, private companies like Continental Capital, Pitch Johnson & Bill Draper and Sutter Hill were formed to take advantage of the government largesse from the SBA.

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VC Adventure

MAY 19, 2010

My partner Jason has an impassioned post up about the carried interest debate currently taking place in Congress. While I wouldn’t say that I’m a “fan” of government, I’ve always been of the mind that some level of government safety-net is appropriate. Obviously this issue is important to me and to all VCs.

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