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Top Ten infoChachkie Entries Of 2011

InfoChachkie

I began publishing my blog in 2008. was published in 2009 and Time Wounds All Heels was written in 2008. 2012 And Beyond. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. All the best in 2012 and beyond…. For the first couple years, I wrote under the pseudonym Uncle Saul. Do They Believe?

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Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman Talk with Lindel Eakman about Transitioning Leadership at a VC Fund

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Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Restarting – an Entrepreneur’s Journey

Eric Greenspan

After my latest company collapsed in June of 2012, I went into a bit of a depression. I knew it wouldn’t last forever, but 2008 accelerated its demise and while we continued to do great things, fate and progress eventually took control and it was over. I was full of emotion, mostly anger, the rest sad. I looked back.

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Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler

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WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. What kind of writing and writers are you targeting? People can write comments and rate publishers, which we vet very carefully.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!)

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.