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The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market

This is going to be BIG.

— Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) November 1, 2014. The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. That doesn''t mean I have anything against the founder or the investors. But in the private markets, we''ve got "Yay, founders! Venture Capital & Technology'

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. What gives?

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. How is my scorecard looking?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. A program to get your company 'accelerated'- selling faster, moving faster, which does not necessarily translate to capital. But 2012 me, a first-time half-Latino half-African-American founder from Costa Rica, coming from a university these guys had never heard of, nope.

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What Should Founders Be Focusing On? SSRL Can Be Their Guide.

Paul G. Silva

In 2014 the great Steve Blank gave the startup world its first widely-respected quantitative assessment system: the Investment Readiness Level (IRL). A few years later Village Capital took the IRL to the next level, creating the Venture Investment and ReAdiness Level (VIRAL). VIRAL is an excellent tool used by many. In a Nutshell.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. Availability of Capital.

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