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The Changing Venture Landscape

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And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges.

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Why We Need to Elect @EricGarcetti on Tues as Next Mayor of Los Angeles

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But more damning is that LegalZoom decided to open its next big center of innovation in Austin, Texas, along with 600 new jobs and a $21 million office purchase according to this article. We can continue to innovate in LA or watch our jobs and our engineers move up North. Thousands of jobs. Startup Advice'

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. And of course you will produce our next wave of innovation.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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This lasted from about 2001-2004. Venture Financings we Discussed. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. When he entered the industry he caught the tail end of the dot com bubble and then was immediately thrust into a 3-year period of “triage&# where VC’s had to deal with problems in portfolio companies.

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Why Web3?

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

As Albert says in his post : It is difficult to overstate how big an innovation this is. It reminds me of the early days of web2 in 2001/2002/2003, when we started USV. We went from not being able to do something at all to having a first working version. Again to be clear, I am not saying this will solve all problems.

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

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These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. What micro VCs need to consider is what happens when several of your companies want to grow and require VC financing? Or when the economy turns downward and they all need financing extensions? That’s awesome.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Or worse yet they may never get financed. But as an investor you cannot simply sit out period of great innovation. I believe that. Have a cushion.