From the Investors Stuart Larkins and Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures join Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures to uncover the key elements to a successful ecosystem and how to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Eric Paley of Founder Collective expands on reasons why venture capital may be the wrong path for some entrepreneurs in “Venture Capital is a Hell of a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Babak Nivi of AngelList announces the unrealized return for all 2013 syndicate investments is a 46% IRR and 2.4x multiple, the launch of their Access Fund, and… Read Full Article
From the Investors Notation Capital announces Origins Season 2 and final Season 1 episode with Judith Elsea, co-founder of Weathergage Capital, one of the top LP firms in the industry… Read Full Article
From the Investors Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz attempts to clear some of the opacity of how the VC industry works, by defining some basic terms, beginning with a bit… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bill Gurley of Benchmark talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about life as a venture capitalist and why he’s still worried about a bubble in “Recode Decode: Too… Read Full Article
From the Investors Drew Oetting of 8VC discusses the key performance metrics and the frameworks companies can use to track and report in a systematic way in “Metrics: The Writing… Read Full Article
From the Investors Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz responds to a WSJ story on venture capital returns with a comprehensive overview of valuation methodology in “When Is a “Mark” Not… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jared Friedman of Y Combinator summarizes the evolution of this way to raise funds and provides perspective on their pros and cons in “Raising Money Online” Christopher… Read Full Article
From the Investors Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures responds to a heated debate started by Rob Go’s post on post-money valuation term sheets and declares that being explicit about… Read Full Article
From the Investors Edward Coady of Launch Capital focuses on how it’s more valuable to look at round size VC participates in than what stage the VC firm claims to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Shahin Farshchi of Lux Capital explains why startups are best positioned to put driverless cars on the road in “Forget Automakers or Ride-Sharing Companies, A Startup Will… Read Full Article
From the Investors Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz guides you through the economics behind this critical piece of a startup’s foundation in “Startup Options (and Ownership)” Aswath Damodaran, Professor of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures uncovers some of the philosophies behind VC brand building and acknowledges that entrepreneurs are the real heroes who sacrifice and win… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners digs into benchmark data for sales development teams covering territories, ramp, retention, compensation, quota and more in “Bridge Group 2016 Sales Development… Read Full Article
From the Investors Julie Ruvolo of AngelList interviews Gil Penchina and Shawn Merani of Flight.vc to uncover how they manage working with dozens of syndicates and thousands of backers in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Dave Sheen of Primary Venture Partners examines the recent tear of acquisitions and sheds light on why it’s a positive indicator for the SaaS ecosystem in “The… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures plots sales efficiency numbers across five verticals in the years leading up to their respective IPO in “What Does Sales Efficiency For… Read Full Article
From the Investors Steve Jurvetson of DFJ shares a recap of the Nervana story, from his perspective, and explains why machine learning will be of fundamental importance to every business… Read Full Article
From the Investors Barry J. Kramer and Khang Tran of Fenwick & West LLP analyzed the terms of 195 venture financings closed in the second quarter of 2016 by companies… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael J. Mauboussin of Credit Suisse reflects on the ten attributes of great investors in “Thirty Years” (PDF) Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital discusses why seeks to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Naval Ravikant of AngelList returns to Venture Studio for part 2 of his interview, covering power dynamics in venture capital, the changing American political system, and some… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Brad Feld of Foundry Group join Jerry Colonna on the Reboot podcast to talk about the critical steps they’ve taken… Read Full Article
What Does The Didi Deal Mean For Uber’s (eventual, but coming) IPO? Didi’s move to acquire Uber’s Chinese operations and invest $1 billion in the latter company shook the tech… Read Full Article