2015 Develop Venture Capital Writing 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture.
TechCrunch LA
JULY 21, 2020
When Upfront Ventures partner Kara Nortman first met Natalie Portman a few years ago to talk about ways their non-profit organizations All Raise and Time’s Up could collaborate, she never realized they’d eventually be partners on a sports franchise. “I was like… ‘Hey!
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InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
VC's love to talk about their successes. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. What’s The Worst Mistake?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $3.62
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 26, 2020
As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 23, 2015
We talk a lot about his schooling, his early jobs as a developer and then as a VC and we talk about his decision to spend winters in Los Angeles. Fred is generous with his time and advice and I hope has shaped a generation of VCs for the better. You can’t time VC investing markets. VC investing is hard work.
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 25, 2016
If such write-downs only impacted the faux unicorns and their avaricious investors, there would be little need for alarm. Unfortunately, the coming market correction will reverberate to all stages of venture investing. For instance, assume your investors will not be satisfied with anything less than a 5x return.
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