Why? USV came up with the idea of opportunity fund – essentially the vehicle which allows seed funds to get rewarded for backing companies early on
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1.1 How do you pitch a disruptive business?
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Reports
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A handful of reports which I’ve authored or co-authored, which go deeper into some of the topics of interest to everybody who looks after growth companies (founders, investors, Board members, etc).
SOSV - Ten Considerations for Exit (Jan 2025)
These are the key talking points when managing exit considerations at Board level.
Loyal VC - What does it take to get your company M&A ready (Oct 2022)
Another seminar run specifically on how to prepare your companay for an M&A exit of small size (<$100m).
BCG - How Can Europe Create Its Own Deep-Tech Giants (Aug 2022)
A seminal report which BCG produced in the context of the inaugural editon of the EIC Scaling Club.
EIC Scaling Club - Fundraising Deep Dive - Digital (July 2022)
An interesting view in the midle of the market repricing.
articles & blogs
Other blogs I follow and you may want to read
Time is our most precious currency. I keep an eye on these blogs, partly because I value the hindsight, partly because I just enjoy the clarity of thinking and data points. You may too.
Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures)
Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz)
Why? Marc Andreessen started the internet revolution with Netscape. He then re-investing himself as a VC updending the VC world by paying way too much for get in. Timing? Prescience? Clearly he brought a belief in entrpreneurs that only an entrepreneur can bring. Prior to setting A16, he produced some of the most insighful blog posts on VC which I’ve read. You can find them at https://pmarchive.com/
Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures)
Upfront started as GRP Partners (Global Retail Partners!) in 1996. Few remember that prior to the internet, retail was one the three categories (with software and semis) which could produce VC-type returns. Mark joined GRP in 1996 and became Managing Partner in 2011 prior to rebranding to Upfront Ventures in 2013.
Steve Blank
Steve has retired after a prestigious entrepreneur carerr (E.piphany, Ziog, MIPS, Convergent etc). Steve continues to teach at Stanford and the like (incl Imperial Colleget). Steve is just a hell of a thinker.
The Economist
In my view, one of the the best magazines in the world. Someone said: “Its articles are, with few exceptions, fair, thoughtful, reasonable, well-informed, and relevant.” I could not have put it better. Enjoy!
Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures)
One the smartest commentators on the web. Can be very narrow at times, but you’ll get data that you see nowhere else.
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