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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all. Interim liquidity plus long-term capital gains work really, really well. It literally drove FOMO.

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Venture Capital is About Human Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We then help surround founders with other talent who want to join important causes but don’t have the startup idea themselves. Fundamentally venture capital is about human capital. In the end I know the only true differentiator in venture capital is the company you keep. Venture Capital is a people business.

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Lessons from a Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

The diversity is the direct result of our mission—to build the most accessible venture capital fund in NY. When you conflate hyperbole for ambition and realism for lack of aggressiveness, you will ultimately wind up shutting out a lot of groups from the game of risk seeking capital and opportunity. I don’t require warm intros.

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The Globalization Of Venture Capital Investing

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I’ve written a bunch about the globalization of the startup economy. But until very recently, raising capital for your startup was significantly easier if it was located in the major startup hubs, most notably Silicon Valley. You can start and build a tech company almost anywhere these days.

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What to Expect When You're Expecting Venture Capital Returns

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You incorporate expected company returns, mortality rates, and fee structures to try to predict how a venture capital fund works from a cash in, cash out, and NAV standpoint. And no, the numbers don't exactly add up--but they're more than close enough for venture capital. It's also not the "average fund". So here goes.

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The Quality You Never Hear Pitched When People Want in to Venture Capital

This is going to be BIG.

People always tell me how smart they are or how much experience they have--or why they have a passion for startups. I think of venture capital as a service business. No one ever tells me how generous they are, or shows it. That's largely how I think about my job.

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

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I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. They said they trusted me and that they signed up for great opportunities in great startups, not just specifically tech.