I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
I've been a customer of the top venture capital firms so I know exactly what they do and don't do.
All markets have boom and bust cycles and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.
I delivered lectures and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance both private equity and big venture capital funds.
There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States.
One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.
Venture capital is unscalable. Production equals the time each partner has.
Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process.
The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined.
I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible but in the late '90s I had no idea that I'd end up being CFO of a technology company. I'd no idea what venture capital was.
Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists but let's face it a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.
Venture capital is always wanting to go up market.
Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits.
Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.
I believe Twitter right now is just finishing the venture capital phase getting into a maturity level.
Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual low-income women think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund.
Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available there will be a big improvement in the situation.
I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.
Prior to SunRun I was headed toward a career in venture capital and then realized I wanted to apply my knowledge of finance more directly to helping change the world.
So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster.
It is clear as you look at the team why Data Point Capital has so quickly become one of the premier venture capital firms. I look forward to adding to the firm's very bright future.
There's never been a good period of venture capital when prices weren't high.
It doesn't need to be consistently concentrated in these venture-capital funds and things like that.
Whatever the potential pitfalls banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and technology.
There's almost too much venture capital in India - there are issues with seed capital but for venture capital there's a lot money chasing deals here.