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MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Some summary notes are below.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? It may be the right answer for you.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

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APRIL 16, 2011

It’s easy to think that the wife of a well-known & successful VC ( Fred Wilson ) would have had an easy and storied life of wealth and privilege. That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths.

Startup 311

Startup Sales Venture Capital Entrepreneur 311

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MAY 7, 2013

If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes. Full stop.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

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JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report. Venture Capital.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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MARCH 12, 2017

Recently Upfront Ventures published its outlook for the technology startup world and venture capital overall titled it “ WTF Happened to Winter ?” The conclusion of our report was that winter did come, but it was mild and short.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Capital Startup 277