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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.”

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups.

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

China and South Korea are starting their factories up again. The plan must also take into account that this crisis has exposed how vulnerable companies are to a single source of supply. CEOs of companies that manufacture goods in the U.S. are about to face a moral dilemma.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

A year later the Korean War turned the cold war hot, as communist North Koreans attacked and overran most of South Korea (except for a small defensive perimeter in the south.) That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. 34,000 U.S. soldiers died in battle.

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP – Israel ranks 2nd globally in this metric, following closely after South Korea. Global mindset – Israel’s local market is negligible, so founders have to think globally (typically that means US first) from day one.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure. This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. The bottom of the graph is literally crowded with European nations!

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