I’ve been reading the book “The Black Swan” recently on the recommendation of my two partners.  I had heard about the book for years, but it never made it off my “to-read” list until now. One of the concepts that […]

Hi, I’m a tech VC on Twitter. I’m @xyzvc My icon is cool.  It’s a painting/cartoon/wacky photo.  Shows that I’m hip and approachable.  But when I meet with you, I’ll still crush your dreams.  I tweet about technology, but occassionaly […]

When I joined the venture business, I was told that the job is a lot harder than it looks.  You need to find great companies to invest in, work hard to make them successful, and work even harder to try […]

VC’s pass on new investment opportunities more than 99% of the time.  My guess is that the clear #1 reason why we pass is because of the team.  This could mean a bunch of different things (eg. no confidence the […]