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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. For the most part, journalists give startups a free pass when venture capital money is raised or when companies that clearly seem to have failed get "acquired". Venture Capital & Technology' doesn''t much matter.

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Why being a VC sucks. Advice to anyone who wants to get into venture capital.

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I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". 2) People pitch you.

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Pitch me!

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It''s a co-working space full of creatives and freelancers, most of whom who have never pitched an investor, and probably never seen a startup pitch either. The first question I always get, which I find endlessly hilarious, is "Don''t you get tired of people pitching you all the time?". Other pitches!

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

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I think of venture capital as a service business. I went through eight years of Jesuit education, both at Regis High School and Fordham University--and one of the tenets they tried to convey was to be "Men and Women for Others". That's largely how I think about my job. How can I leverage what I know to help people?

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Lessons from a Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio

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The diversity is the direct result of our mission—to build the most accessible venture capital fund in NY. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money. I don’t require warm intros. I will back a wide variety of types of companies—everything from The Wing to Imagen.

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How To Pitch A Real Estate Tech VC

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Dreamit Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman recently sat down with Jeff for a wide-ranging conversation on real estate tech, and a large part of that conversation focused on what founders can do to successfully raise venture capital from real estate tech investors. You should pitch how to get higher rents.

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Faulty Logic in the Venture Capital and Female Founder Discussion

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We all have our inherent biases and what I am not arguing here is that the venture capital world is a fair playing field for anyone. I repeat: I AM NOT ARGUING THAT VENTURE CAPITAL IS FAIR TO ANYONE. billion went to women-led ventures.". billion went to women-led ventures.". Sounds awful, right?