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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Domain Name/Basic Site.

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Blitzscaling Beyond Startups

Reid Hoffman

This tends to happen more in the world of finance — think of the farsighted investors from “The Big Short” who bet against the subprime mortgage market. Established players have a much easier time financing multiple shots on goal. One obvious play is to partner with a blitzscaling startup.

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