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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

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Too Techie - Tone down emphasis on the technology underlying your venture; an interested investor will perform tech diligence at the appropriate time. No VC Fit - Match your venture with appropriate funding source. A restaurant is a generally appropriate for a bank, but not an Angel investor.

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

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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. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I was starting. Distribution.

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How To Become a VC

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One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" The inquiry is common because being a VC is (to an entrepreneur, at least) a sexy job. I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." Microscopic Industry.

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Want to Know How to Join One of the Country’s Most Successful VC Fund?

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I recently interviewed Matt Mazzeo of Lowercase Capital. By now most of you know that Chris Sacca invested in what is now thought to be one of the best performing VC funds of all time having invested an $8.4 As always, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel, Soundcloud and podcast RSS feed. You can follow me there as well.

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The Series A Crunch Is For Entrepreneurs Who Can’t Create Their Own Luck

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Jim Andelman, my Partner at Rincon Venture Partners , aptly describes the genesis of the Series A crunch, stating that: "Over the next 12-to-18 months, a lot of good companies that have been Seed financed are going to have a tough time raising a Series . There is a similar Darwinian aspect to venture capital investing.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Venture capital. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. MYTH 3: SoCal lacks Fortune 500 Tech Leadership. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content.