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JULY 23, 2014
The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 8, 2011
How about as a VC? Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. Surely--but then I realize how difficult it is to be an early stage VC in NYC. Its interesting to think about the career history of the VCs mentioned above. what has this guy done?
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
The truth is that each firm is different and there isn’t one standard but over the years I’ve talked with enough of my peers to get sense of how many firms work. You’d be surprised how many firms are “dictator VCs” – even those that don’t formally acknowledge it internally.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
” From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to deride [Naval, the co-founder of AngelList]” as though the industry was collectively s g its pants that AngelList was going to put us out of business. .” This is the same way VC firms, by the way. Bowery Capital).
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JULY 26, 2010
We like to use new product and gain benefits before our peers. Sometimes these markets never appeal to “normals&# (Chris Dixon’s definition) and other times it needs to be more effectively marketed to normals. If you didn’t read that yet it might be worth having a quick skim as a primer. We are evangelists.
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JUNE 4, 2013
I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! He then brought her to board meetings so nobody could accuse him of not having a business model. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s). My take on his argument is this: 1. ” True.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2016
Dan asked Fred about “generational change” at USV and in the VC industry more broadly. And thankfully I had the support of my peers. It’s 25 minutes and it’s both a pleasure to watch and is super insightful. But there was another element that was very subtle and nicely handled that I’d like to expand upon.
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