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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Clients typically use it to create and strengthen local community initiatives: bake sales, barbeques, political organizing, etc. .

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. ► 2010. (7).