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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

At the time, LA and Santa Clara were both the epicenter of the technology industry due to the significant overlap between the aerospace/military industry (Los Angeles) and the computing business (Silicon Valley). Given our backgrounds, we often get asked about what makes the tech scene in Los Angeles different from that in the Valley.

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10 Reflections After 10 Years of NextView

View from Seed

at exit due to dilution. In some cases, great companies massively expand the definition or potential of the market with innovative products, technology leverage, and great execution. We are currently in an incredible economic bull market overall, and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in tech. I’m glad I didn’t listen.

IRR 205
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10 Reflections After 10 Years of NextView

View from Seed

at exit due to dilution. In some cases, great companies massively expand the definition or potential of the market with innovative products, technology leverage, and great execution. We are currently in an incredible economic bull market overall, and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in tech. I’m glad I didn’t listen.

IRR 156
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10 Reflections After 10 Years of NextView

View from Seed

at exit due to dilution. In some cases, great companies massively expand the definition or potential of the market with innovative products, technology leverage, and great execution. We are currently in an incredible economic bull market overall, and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in tech. I’m glad I didn’t listen.

IRR 136
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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). That changed very quickly.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.