Today’s great post is from Albert Wegner at Union Square Ventures titled Structural Change and Marketplaces. If you want a view of how Albert and his partners think about marketplaces (and the structural changes occurring) read carefully.
Q: Say I have an angel (SEC accredited) who’s ready to invest at an amount well below $100k. How would this impact on a future round with VCs? Is there some standard or average pre-money and post-money that happens in angel deals? Also, the angel in question is a family member of a friend, so […]
My partner Seth Levine has today’s great post up titled Serial vs. collective board communication. In addition to the post being stimulating, the first comment starts off "I’d like to politely disagree" and goes on to add several interesting counterpoints.
Jeff Bussgang has today’s great post up titled Let’s Play "Blame The VC." It’s something that regularly confounds VCs and entrepreneurs alike. The punch line: "Then, when you don’t get funding, play "blame the VC". Tell all your friends that those risk-averse idiots wouldn’t know a good deal if it hit them in the face. […]
Jason Calacanis has today’s great post up titled How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips). I don’t necessarily agree with all of them and they won’t all work in all cases, but there are some good nuggets in there.
Today’s great VC blog post once again comes from Fred Wilson and is titled Conviction and Discipline. Having made a lot of investing mistakes in 1999 and 2000, I learned this lesson many times over. It’s also consistent with the Fantastic Notes from an Interview with Warren Buffett that I posted on Feld Thoughts earlier […]
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