venture capital

The chart below shows the average time in years between a startup’s first equity investment (usually Series A) Read More

All equity markets are hurting these days, even fast-growing and exclusive ones that involve only high net-worth individuals Read More

Young companies of a certain size need access to capital markets to grow. When they get it, they Read More

My good friend and poker buddy Joe had some good insight on the job market last week, in Read More

Bob Grady, who runs the venture capital arm of investing giant Carlyle Group, is of two minds regarding Read More

With the Nasdaq dropping near two-year lows and the IPO drought continuing, we could soon see the average Read More

Biotech startups that need to raise cash sometime in the next 12 to 18 months should get busy Read More

With Wall Street melting, public offering disappearing, over-regulation such as Sarbanes Oxley strangling, and bootstrapping igniting, venture capitalism Read More

It’s time for another entry in my Venture Fund Economics series. This time I’d like to talk about Read More

The Rick Roll.  It’s classic.  Some might even call it legendary.  Rick Roll your friends & family.  Rick Read More

In the past I’ve written about encapsulating your business plan for potential investors in an executive summary, or Read More

(Note: Republished to highlight due to popularity) Venture Capital investing is a very tough game…and very lucrative if Read More

The comments on my initial post on this topic went right at the VC’s compensation – management fees Read More

VCs want to invest at least $5M in startups that have potential 10X returns. That is because it Read More