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Skipping Your Series A Round
Fred Wilson posted an interesting stat. Startups that take more money earlier do poorer than startups that take less. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Interesting. Like a lot of economic facts, it flies in...
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Solving The Series A Crunch
At the recent CATTECH VI conference, we had a couple discussions around the Series A crunch. It is especially acute in the midwest. I understand that entrepreneurial ecosystems are entrepreneur lead,...
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Do We Need to Save Silicon Valley?
The startup world is a mystery to a lot of people. How does a company go from two guys in a garage to IPO? How are people patient enough to fund ideas that transform the way we live on the planet?...
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Can The Wrong Investor Screw Up Your Company?
It’s so hard to raise money. It seems like an endless road to nowhere sometimes. Suppose you were having enormous trouble raising money. When someone offers you a check, should you take it? Some...
View ArticleFollowing On In Early Stage Financing
Fred Wilson has written about USV’s policy on following onto rounds. It’s a controversial topic so he has actually written a lot about it. Should you follow on when a company has to raise the next...
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It Was Tougher to Get Money in 2014
If you were in the market for seed stage startup capital, it was tougher to get money from organized venture capital investors in 2014. In general, VC firms are pulling back from seed and investing...
View ArticleThe Hot Deal
Yesterday the NASDAQ ($QQQ) hit 5000. Hasn’t been here in 15 years. My friend Brian Lund had a nice write up about the differences between 2000 and 2015. The tech market hitting highs made me think...
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