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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund. In many cases, fund managers invest 1-5% of the fund size. If you have 2 managing partners, that’s $4m per person – but 10 years later.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. 3c) You also will make General Partner contributions to your fund. In many cases, fund managers invest 1-5% of the fund size. If you have 2 managing partners, that’s $4m per person – but 10 years later.

Salary 48
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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Meanwhile on the West Coast – “The Group” 1950’s When Ampex was raising its money, in 1952, an employee of Fireman’s Fund in San Francisco, Reid Dennis , managed to put $20,000 in the deal. It would charge its investors annual “management fees” to pay for the firm’s salaries, building, etc.