January 2010
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2009 Venture Capital Stats: What's the Real Story
The 2009 venture capital numbers are out, and if you believe the headlines, the news is not good. By now many are familiar with the raw numbers - $17.7B total invested by VC firms in 2009, down 37% from 2009. As one who is involved in the industry, I’m continually frustrated and surprised by coverage and analysis related to aggregate VC financing statistics.
There is a general tendency among...
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So What is a Venture Banker?
I love what I do.
It’s nice to be able to say that. I’ve been on the other side of the happiness equation, pounding the phones doing cold calls for a venture-backed start-up. I was young and eternally optimistic and had just the right amount of naivete and enthusiasm to think I could change the world by selling a SaaS CRM application that was “way better than...