Today TurningArt officially announced its $750K initial round of financing which I led for NextView Ventures and included a “who’s who” list of notable east coast angel investors like Niraj Shah & Steve Conine (Founders of CSN Stores), Thomas Lehrman […]

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Note: We’ve taken this entire series, added more content to it, and turned it into a visual playbook for finding the perfect startup job. Get your copy here (triggers PDF download) Evaluating a startup as a prospective employee is tough, especially […]

Note: We’ve taken this entire series, added more content to it, and turned it into a visual playbook for finding the perfect startup job. Get your copy here (triggers PDF download) Once you’ve figured out whether you want to find a […]

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Last summer, I along with my partners announced that we were forming a new micro venture capital firm.  At that point, Rob Go, Lee Hower, and I possessed a shared vision and a newly minted name, but were still in […]

Most VCs drink beer, but how much do they realize that their industry is increasingly resembling that of the beer industry? Forgive me if I start a bit theoretical.  The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful […]

Critics of Micro VCs have been quick to point out one primary difference vs. the traditional VC model as a significant flaw: the rapid capital deployment velocity.  In other words, if Micro VCs are investing in an accelerated pace where […]

Micro VCs are notorious for building large and friendly syndicates.  One or two players decide (sometimes rather quickly) to make a seed-stage investment in a new startup, and as a round comes together they invite in a number of their […]

Before I wrote a couple detailed posts on Micro VCs, I thought I’d write an overview one sharing my broad perspective on this portion of the VC world.  It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed […]