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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Even then private market investors can paper over valuation changes by investing at the same price but with more structure so it’s hard to understand the “headline valuation.”

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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

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The typical VC process is as follows: They say there are three rules in property: Location, location, location. The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. Same with VC.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners.

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Want To Be A TechStar? Read Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s New Book: Venture Deals

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I began our discussion by asking Brad what motivated him to co-author Venture Deals , rather than continuing to share venture capitalists’ secrets via his Ask The VC blog. Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. The incentives of the VCs matter a lot. There were a couple motivations.

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Bio Roundup: MedCo’s Pricing Plan, Vertex’s Gamble, uBiome Undone

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In presenting clinical data from a Phase 3 study. If MedCo’s cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran wins FDA approval, it will become the third entry in a new class of medicines that block a cholesterol-boosting protein called PCSK9. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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My Chat with Dan Primack of PEHub

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In the VC & Private Equity world there’s a small number, too, with one of the most respected being PEHub. I always wanted to have Dan on This Week in VC with Dan Primack ( to see video click link ) because he’s blunt, honest, opinionated and well informed. Question: Some people are saying traditional VC is dead.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

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But VC is like congress. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. Their data looks at tech VCs.