Everyone wants to know what areas that VC’s and angels are investing in.  They usually hope to hear some profound answer, but in the end, it pretty generic stuff. Most VC’s have themes around which they are investing.  These are […]

One of the supposed drawbacks of more seed stage funding in Silicon Valley is that it encourages more “quick flip” exits.  Max Levchin wrote an excellent post on this observation, and my friend and old colleague Bijan Sabet shared his […]

Lots of talk about a “seed bubble”.  Is it true?  The total capital within ALL the super-angel funds COMBINED is still smaller than some individual VC funds, so I don’t think I would call it a bubble.  In the East […]

I was having coffee a few weeks back with a friend who is at a large, very successful VC.  We were chatting about one of the senior partners at his firm, one that I’ve had the pleasure of getting to […]

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 […]

It’s a little in vogue these days for seed stage investors to bash on larger VC’s.  It’s kind of fun, and in many cases, the criticisms have merit. But most folks agree that having home run potential almost always means […]

Quick post today that came to me on the subway.  During my time in Venture Capital, I was surprised to see how many “rules” there are that have become gospel in the industry.  At the same time, I was surprised […]

VC’s always talk about the “deals” they have done.  The word is thrownaround like crazy and is ingrained into the VC vocabulary (deal flow,deal pipeline, my deals etc). I think “deal” is one of the ugliest words in the business. […]

This past Friday was my last day at Spark Capital. It has been a privilege to be a part of this team.  I have grown in ways that I didn’t expect, and was glad to be part of a firm […]

Seems like VC’s are starting to bring in more new folks again.  It’s refreshing to see. I think Venture is very much a young person’s job and it behooves firms to have a flow of really good, smart, scrappy young […]