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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

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That’s the first thing anyone trying to raise a fund needs to understand, as well as anyone thinking about investing in one. The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Option #2 Do 50/50 angel investing and fund investing.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). Short answer: no.

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Themes vs Verticals: How to Stand Out as a VC Building a Thesis

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A focus and filter for networking—because otherwise, you’ll find that you could wind up in a meeting with anyone for any reason because any connection could theoretically lead to a future deal. This is something I talk about a lot with my VC coaching clients. He wasn’t only investing in businesses that sold data.

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5 Tips for New Angel Investors

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Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. 3) Start with funds.

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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. So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC? thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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@tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# People assume that I’m biased because I’m a VC and think you should always get the highest valuation possible. But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low. This is wrong.

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Microcredentials for the effective VC or private equity investor

David Teten VC

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. New York Private Equity Network. VEECEE – European VCs. NextGen Partners – for pre-Partner VCs. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. VCs who care. ACCELERATORS FOR EMERGING VCs. Draper Venture Network.

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