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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly VCs will not support a sector where consistent compelling exits are not evident. Unfortunately, the bio-IT field still suffers from this. |
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May 2003
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Ray of Hope? VCs are optimistic about the coming year but are still holding on to their purse strings. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 23, 2014
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In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own. |
Inc.
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Why Investors Are Suddenly So Secretive Why venture capitalists are increasingly choosing to keep their latest deals under wraps. |
Fast Company
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Venturing Forth Kathy Sherbrooke, co-founder of Circles, one of the few venture-backed companies on our list, on what she learned about going after venture capital. |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Guy Kawasaki |
Go for the Gold If you're trying to get venture capital, follow these 10 steps to impressing investors, and you'll be on your way to the big time. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. |
Fast Company
February 2001
Amy Wilson Sheldon |
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast CEO of DreamLabs says that taking time to think was better than moving at "Internet speed". |
CIO
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A New Pitch Startup tech CEOs may know technology, but they are clueless about marketing. |
Inc.
September 2008
Max Chafkin |
IPOs Hit a 30-Year Low It's the first time since 1978 that the VC industry posted a goose egg, but the guy who took Google and Netscape public is not concerned. |
Inc.
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Nicole Gull |
How To Assemble a Board of Directors Advice on putting a board together that will serve your needs. |
Entrepreneur
February 2009
Guy Kawasaki |
Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists Here's a look at the meanings behind what VCs say. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
Chris Penttila |
I Spy a Secret Got a skeleton in your closet? Bring it out before seeking VC. Be forewarned, before VCs invest in you, they'll probably investigate you. But hey, you can investigate them right back. |
InternetNews
September 24, 2009 |
Investors Warm to SaaS in Bleak VC Climate Second-quarter VC spending checked in at its lowest level since 1997 but private, on-demand software firms represent a lone bright spot. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Sarbanes-Oxley: Private Opportunity In Public Regulation With an eye toward the future, some closely held firms voluntarily adopt Sarbanes-Oxley Act principles. |
Entrepreneur
May 2002
C.J. Prince |
Springing Back It's not a mirage. The end to the long VC investment dry spell is within your reach... |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
Joshua Kurlantzick |
A Hand Up Urban, minority entrepreneurs are hotter than ever -- so where is their funding? |
Salon.com
July 19, 2000
Janelle Brown & Katharine Mieszkowski |
Score: Men 97, Women 3 Men entrepreneurs still receive almost all the venture capital. What will it take for women to catch up? |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 5, 2005
Julie Hanna |
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities Venture investing has picked up from the post-dot-bomb era of a few years ago -- but does the comeback signal good times ahead or a mini bubble of misguided exuberance? Harvard professor Bill Sahlman discusses the issue. |
Wired
November 15, 2007
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The Man Behind the VC Slagfest at TheFunded.com Reveals Himself to Wired This community site allows startups to anonymously review and rank venture capital firms. The founder of the site discusses the process and purpose behind it's creation. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
VC Resurgence Breathes More Life into IT Venture capitalists are raising and investing money again. What are they looking for and where? |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Steve Hamm |
Silicon Valley's Blurry Ethical Vision Even after a purge of tech-bubble excesses, the incestuous business culture where CEOs and VCs mingle too closely persists. |
BusinessWeek
December 31, 2008 |
How to Refurbish the U.S. Tech Industry A prescription for fixing the country's technology innovation machine. |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital. |
Wired
April 2004
Gary Rivlin |
The Roots of Bust 2.0 Suddenly, venture capital is growing on trees. But the cash glut could crash the Valley again. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Kerry J. Sulkowicz |
CEO Pay: The Prestige, The Peril CEOs should reflect on the impact of their pay on their boardrooms and employees. |
Entrepreneur
November 2003
David Worrell |
The Big Guns Getting corporate investors on your side can certainly boost your business. Learn how corporate venture capitalists think -- and how to set your sights on landing one. |
Entrepreneur
October 2009
Brad Feld |
Lines of Communication Should you let your employees talk directly to your VCs? |
Entrepreneur
February 2004
David Worrell |
Safe Bet Federal funds are motivating VCs to invest in security firms. |
CFO
May 8, 2006
P.B. Gray |
Helping Hands Eager to boost the value of their investments, venture capitalists lavish their portfolio companies with a broad array of services. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Board Member Today; CEO Tomorrow The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year. |
Inc.
June 2005
Michelle Leder |
Obesity Whets VC Appetites Anti-obesity companies are the flavor of the month among venture capitalists. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Brad Feld |
Know When to Walk Away Don't ask venture capitalists for referrals if they say they're not interested. |
Entrepreneur
November 2001
C.J. Prince |
In-Out Privileges Is your business a revolving door for limited partners? As long as the money is there, don't worry if they come and go as they please... |
Inc.
September 1, 2000
Thea Singer |
Where the Money Is Recent years have left venture capitalists awash in cash. Are start-ups getting more of it? |
Bio-IT World
January 21, 2005 |
The Other Guy's Shoes The assessment of vendor risk is a process both investors and customers must go through. How the entrepreneur manages their questions will determine if the company gets the proper funding it needs to properly sell product. |
Inc.
March 1, 2010 |
Staying Light on Your Toes Venture capitalist Mark Suster discusses the power of charisma and the ability to listen. |
Entrepreneur
October 2004
C.J. Prince |
Minority Report VC firms are becoming more diverse--but does that mean more funding for minority-owned businesses? Not yet, perhaps, but an interesting shift is taking place. |
CIO
June 15, 2005
Christopher Lindquist |
Speed Dating for Startup Dollars The software industry group's annual Investment Conference for Private Companies focuses on small software companies eager for funding from an attentive audience of venture capitalists. For IT people, it offers a quick look at technologies that could prove valuable to their companies. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Acquiring for Cash With IPOs out of the question, some venture capital-backed companies buy entities for their liquid assets. |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around? |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
John F. Ince |
Signal Strength With stronger marketing efforts, venture capital firms are making sure their message gets heard. |
Inc.
September 1, 2000
D. M. Osborne |
A Network of Her Own Women who are entrepreneurs have always found it tougher to raise money than their male counterparts have. New kinds of support and a new breed of investor are starting to even the score... |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Jill Jusko |
Keep It Inside Internal candidates make better CEOs than outsiders, study finds. |
Entrepreneur
May 2004
C.J. Prince |
Ready, Set, Flow Optimistic entrepreneurs are testing the VC waters now that the market's future looks brighter. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Venture Capitalists: More Caution, More Due Diligence, More Diversity Venture money is out there, but it will be staying more and more with entrepreneurs who have better grounding, better products and at least a modicum of a track record... |
Fast Company
Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Jeff Joseph |
Venture Populist: Venture Hits and Exit Wounds Venture Capitalists achieve their highs from the opium of OPM (that is, Other People's Money) ...so even a bad trip is still a free trip. |
