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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. VC’s often talk about this term as in the total amount of funds EVER raised by that VC. What is a VC fund? What is total assets under management? -

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Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012 -- Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em. In October 2007, Badongo.com raised a seven figure round of funding from a number of well-known angel investors, including super angels, Peter Thiel and Mike Maples. Meet Patrick Boden, founder of Badongo.com.

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I’m Back. Why I Love January

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It was a particularly rough December in what proved a difficult 2012. Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. But it comes across as a whiny complaint about the shitty year that 2012 was. But the reason I couldn’t publish that post is it didn’t capture the greater picture that 2012 represents for me.”

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. Build a long-term LP based, anchored by diverse asset types (Universities, Endowments, Family Offices, Pensions, Insurance Companies, Sovereign Wealth Funds & Fund of Funds). I sat on panels.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

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The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007. That was between 2010 and 2012.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music's To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

socalTECH

The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007. That was between 2010 and 2012.

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Do Less. More.

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There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different. Year in, year out.