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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.”

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. If we don’t, we’re be disrupted from external sources.

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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

Revolutions mission is to build disruptive, innovative companies that upend age-old industries, with a unique focus on startups based outside of the coastal tech hubs. In 2011, I was part of the Presidents Council on Jobs and Competitiveness with several other leaders in finance and tech. Based in Washington, D.C.,

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Why Docracy is the Most Revolutionary Company of Our Time

This is going to be BIG.

Note: I led First Round's investment in Docracy in 2011, but I do not have any financial ties to the company and will not benefit or suffer, other than emotionally, based on the outcome of that investment.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 The ability to interact, transact and disrupt is an order of magnitude greater at broadband speeds than at 56k dial-up modem speeds. THAT is disruption. This never existed a decade ago.

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Kevin Hart gets serious about financial inclusion at Disrupt

TechCrunch

Morgan’s head of digital investment banking and digital private markets, will join us onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. In 2011 he founded Legacy Private Client Group, where he built a platform that facilitated holistic solutions. TechCrunch Disrupt takes place on October 18–20 in San Francisco.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses.