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The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market

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The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. I think it sucks that we are in a media culture where we''re supposed to give everyone pats on the head for entrepreneurship when there are legitimate criticisms to be had about the high profile investments we read about all the time.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. Entrada Ventures? —?that The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated He then went on the create an early-stage VC that I track closely?—?

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Here Are the Details About Upfront Ventures’ Newest EIR – @Chamillionaire

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I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA. This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time.

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

This is going to be BIG.

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. When the Mets got to the World Series, they release a kettle corn flavored ice cream with blue and orange M&Ms and a contest on social media around naming the ice cream. That's Ample Hills.

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Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing

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You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. But I do have some insight into how this will affect venture markets. It was a nerve racking morning. My favorite Tweet of the morning came from Hunter Walk. You don’t have a clue. Neither do I.

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The Decline of Small Town Media Has Big Implications for the Innovation Economy

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The encounter echoed a recurring theme—the decline of local media and, consequently, the dwindling coverage of local developments in tech. For these individuals, local media can provide an eye-opening spotlight on the innovative companies transforming the economic fabric of their cities.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen.

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