Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads
The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. Revolution is a “stage agnostic” fund (means [...]
Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor
In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz” behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. What is wonderful about [...]
Seth Sternberg – Meebo
One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. [...]
Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?
As many of you know I run a weekly webcast called This Week in VC that’s getting between 25-35,000 weekly views across ThisWeekIn.com, YouTube & mostly iTunes. Yesterday’s show floored me. I consider Gregg Spiridellis a good friend. We’ve hung out periodically over the past few years and I have enjoyed debating many startup topics. [...]
Going to Raise VC? Here’s a Primer on Process, People, Deck
If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. All of [...]
What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire
On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. You want to get yourself to a position where you can do what you want to do” (Chamillionaire) Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in [...]
My Chat with Dan Primack of PEHub
In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. In the VC & Private Equity world there’s a small number, too, with one of the most respected being PEHub . That’s thanks to Dan [...]
Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?
Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. [...]
This Week in VC with Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures
We started this week’s show with a Q&A session where I answered viewer questions about fund raising and the VC industry. If you enjoy this blog I think you’ll enjoy watching the first 14 minutes of this video. Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now [...]
This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)
This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). For entrepreneurs [...]
This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar
Our guest this week was Scott Painter. Scott is the kind of guy you could just grab a drink with, sit back and listen to him tell stories for hours. Actually, I’ve done this! Especially fun when you get him telling stories about his pilot experiences. But the most interesting is that all of his [...]
This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures
Here is the link to this week’s TWiVC with Mike Hirshland. I apologize for the audio quality – we did this in a rush because we found a last minute studio and recorded in San Francisco. But you can see & hear the entire interview well and I think it will be well worth your [...]
This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak
To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak, a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). [...]
This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital
We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, [...]
This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners
Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle, partner at Greycroft Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. You can watch the video [...]
