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Reflections on 2018: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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Technology investing is the best job in the world, but it can be fraught with failure. Once you make enough technology investments, as we have over the last decade, failure at multiple levels will increase and sometimes it feels as if these failures are often sudden, surprising and multiplicative. Two big lessons in 2018.

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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. Traditional venture capitalists will focus on leading larger rounds of equity in fewer companies. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year?

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015.

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March Capital Partners' Jim Armstrong On A New, $240M Venture Fund

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Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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16 Great Startup Posts from March

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- Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents. I do sometimes get impatient when the investment proposal has little or no information on the exit path.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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