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What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?

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This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. The first time I met Andy Dunn he was working for the venture capital firm Maveron. Raising Venture Capital Tech Market Analysis' It is always a stellar event. But Elon Musk stole the show. Debate helps everybody learn as I wrote about here.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” Funds like First Round Capital, True Ventures, Foundry Group, HomeBrew, USV and many others are still run by the founders and are still on the mission they started.