CategoryVenture Capital

The Importance of Founder Pedigree In Emerging Technologies

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When an area becomes consensus but is still somewhat novel or hard to parse for investors, they often try to distill companies into very clear-cut and easily “findable” metrics in order to make decisions. In many cases, this wave of chaos, rapid change, and complexity pushes investors to retreat into discussing a constant in startups; Founders. And as one searches for Founder-Company...

On Inflection Points

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If loops are the power source that accelerate the flywheel, inflection points build the spokes and physical properties of the flywheel, create the initial spin, and eventually are the stick which stops the wheel dead in its tracks.

Serendipity in Venture Capital is BS…(and other views on the seed VC landscape)

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Disclaimer: I believe that unless you are one of a few firms, there is no possible claim that there is a “correct” way to do venture, only to treat people with respect along the way. Venture capital started as a network heavy business and arguably still is to many. I don’t think that is dominant anymore. The Early Days: VC was the ultimate network business Venture capital started as the ultimate...

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