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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel. The VC industry is segmenting – I have spoken about this many times before. The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. It’s just not a VC investment.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. To really assess what opportunities the VC industry has over the next decade, one needs to first look at some of the root causes of poor returns in the past decade. THAT is disruption. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2010
And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
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. I said that I felt that Micro-VCs were the most important change in our industry. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. I believe that.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 1, 2024
And we will see legacy applications embrace AI to make their products better and to remain competitive with the AI-first disrupters. I think both will grow but not nearly as fast as the sectors that surround VC. AI developed for over forty years before its coming out party. I think it will take web3 less than half that time.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) — Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2011
I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Let’s be clear: AngelList doesn’t scare a single VC I know. But it’s not cutting VCs out. It is additive.
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