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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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The VC’s Customer

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

[link] — Dan Primack (@danprimack) February 25, 2023 I DM’d Dan to let him know that is not the right way to think about the venture capital business. Back in 2005, in the early days of this blog, I wrote this post on the topic. The entrepreneur is the customer and the LP is the shareholder.

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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech

TechCrunch

financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event. That’s where growth capital and eventually infrastructure investments come in. That’s where government, national labs, universities, angel investors and venture capital come in. Young entrepreneurs, please, think more about carbon and less about clicks.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. The list goes on.

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. This is a complete white space where oftentimes entrepreneurs are confused and don’t know how capital markets work.

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10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

From 2005 to 2009, I was fortunate enough to be part of a small group of New York City innovation community leaders that sowed some of the seeds of the thriving tech hub we have today. Honestly, it was a fair bit of hand waving and maybe a little smoke and mirrors--saying in 2005 that we had a ton of startup-ready tech talent.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Thus entrepreneur is no stranger to early-stage investing – nor the famed accelerator to which he will soon run. YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.” Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding environment.