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When Venture Capital and Pop Culture Collide
As an investor in private companies, aka venture capitalist or equivalent, I have one of those jobs that seems highly mysterious to many people. It is not the kind of job that you can easily explain...
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I’d Trade This Life for Fortune and Fame…
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along Somewhere I belong. – from Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park Linkin Park, in case you don’t know them, is one of the most popular and successful...
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Hey Lady Entrepreneur: Why Aren’t You Home Raising Your Kids?
Last week I sent out a post on Twitter reporting the miserable experience of a friend of mine, a female entrepreneur, who had been out fundraising. She was meeting with a central-casting type venture...
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Lessons from the Dark Side (of Venture Capital)
Next Friday I get to give the keynote/commencement speech for a group of European entrepreneurs who have come to America for Startup School. They are attending a program called Mind the Bridge, under...
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The Power of Personality
I’ve been teaching the class on Healthcare Venture Capital at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business for nearly 10 years. I co-teach this class with Dr. Jeff Rideout, a close friend and colleague, and...
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Walking in a Venture Fundingland
For those of you who have followed me for a while, you know I like to do a holiday song parody at the end of each year. I love both comedy and music, and if I didn’t have a singlng voice that could...
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A VC’s Tale in Five Shoes
If you actually know me, you know I have a bit of a shoe obsession. If you are old enough to remember Imelda Marcos’ closet, just know she has nothing on me. My obsession started pretty early, as I...
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Hey Lady Entrepreneur: Why Aren’t You Home Raising Your Kids?
Last week I sent out a post on Twitter reporting the miserable experience of a friend of mine, a female entrepreneur, who had been out fundraising. She was meeting with a central-casting type venture...
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Lessons from the Dark Side (of Venture Capital)
Next Friday I get to give the keynote/commencement speech for a group of European entrepreneurs who have come to America for Startup School. They are attending a program called Mind the Bridge, under...
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The Power of Personality
I’ve been teaching the class on Healthcare Venture Capital at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business for nearly 10 years. I co-teach this class with Dr. Jeff Rideout, a close friend and colleague, and...
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Walking in a Venture Fundingland
For those of you who have followed me for a while, you know I like to do a holiday song parody at the end of each year. I love both comedy and music, and if I didn’t have a singlng voice that could...
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A VC’s Tale in Five Shoes
If you actually know me, you know I have a bit of a shoe obsession. If you are old enough to remember Imelda Marcos’ closet, just know she has nothing on me. My obsession started pretty early, as I...
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On New Year’s Day – Cash Flow is Blood Red, Sigh!
Hi All, every year I like to rip off a holiday song for my closing blog post and this year is no exception. I decided to go with a New Year’s song rather than Christmas (Hanukkah is no good because...
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Three Essential Questions That Entrepreneurs Must Ask Investors
Two weeks ago my blog post was directed to investors (and by implication, to entrepreneurs) and encouraged them to ask three essential questions before making an investment in a healthcare company,...
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Unraveling the Magical Mystery of Valuation Math – How Do VCs Price Private...
In the venture capital class I teach at Haas, the one topic that never fails to confuse is valuation, or how a private company is valued in an investment transaction. I’m not sure if it’s because math...
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The End is Near, The Future is Bright
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard A few blogs back I wrote about valuations, how they are determined and how crazy they have been. In that...
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