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IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Stuck & Weingarten |
How Venture Capital Thwarts Innovation The tech bubble saw an explosion of VC-funded start-ups, but has more funding brought more innovation or less? You may be shocked, as they were, by what these researchers found. |
Entrepreneur July 2006 |
Doing the Numbers VC funding had another fruitful year, nurturing young and established companies alike. |
Entrepreneur May 2004 C.J. Prince |
Ready, Set, Flow Optimistic entrepreneurs are testing the VC waters now that the market's future looks brighter. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Justin Hibbard |
Fresh Seed In The Valley After a long drought, small VC firms are popping up to fund startups |
Inc. November 2006 Max Chafkin |
Why Investors Are Suddenly So Secretive Why venture capitalists are increasingly choosing to keep their latest deals under wraps. |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Carol Tice |
On the Horizon The economy may be down, but the expansion capital outlook remains positive in 2008. |
CFO November 1, 2002 Alix Nyberg |
Acquiring for Cash With IPOs out of the question, some venture capital-backed companies buy entities for their liquid assets. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Rich Smith |
Are You a Venture Capitalist? Then stop investing as though you've got money to burn. The way to make money in stocks is to invest in financially sound, responsibly managed, profitable companies. |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Robert D. Hof |
"Please God, Just One More Bubble" Too many tech investors, from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road, seem to be ignoring why they crashed after the 1990s hit a dead end. Venture capitalists are pouring money into look-alike startups in nascent sectors and dot-com stocks look pricey. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Schramm & Bradley |
How Venture Capital Lost Its Way The current focus on fees at VC funds promotes startup flipping, not nurturing. |
InternetNews October 5, 2007 Larry Barrett |
Data Management, Virtualization Top VC Wish List Innovation within the software industry combined with the astounding success of VMware's IPO has venture capitalists looking high and low for the next great software company. |
Inc. October 2006 Chafkin & Gossage |
Need Money? The private financial markets are dynamic and at times difficult to navigate. A report on the latest trends. |
Entrepreneur April 2010 Brad Feld |
Know When to Walk Away Don't ask venture capitalists for referrals if they say they're not interested. |
Entrepreneur November 2003 David Worrell |
The Big Guns Getting corporate investors on your side can certainly boost your business. Learn how corporate venture capitalists think -- and how to set your sights on landing one. |
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
VC Resurgence Breathes More Life into IT Venture capitalists are raising and investing money again. What are they looking for and where? |
CFO April 1, 2003 Robert A. Mamis |
The Dry Season It's desperate days for young companies, as the venture-capital industry tries to regroup. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 23, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own. |
Inc. September 1, 2000 Thea Singer |
Where the Money Is Recent years have left venture capitalists awash in cash. Are start-ups getting more of it? |
InternetNews November 5, 2009 |
Startup Software Spending Falls to 13-Year Low Investment in fledgling software companies reaches its lowest level in 13 years as clean tech and biotech spending surges. |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around? |
Entrepreneur March 2005 John F. Ince |
Signal Strength With stronger marketing efforts, venture capital firms are making sure their message gets heard. |
Entrepreneur February 2007 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
VCs Want in on Your Hot New Company The latest VC trend: Early stage investing is on the rise. |
BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Frederik Balfour |
Venture Capital's New Promised Land These days venture capitalists from Silicon Valley to Sydney are trolling for deals in China. |
Inc. May 2005 Michelle Leder |
Come to Daddy Some of the world's biggest companies are putting their venture capital hats back on and looking for new start-ups to fund. |
CFO January 30, 2004 Roy Harris |
Capital Without the Venture In today's static venture-capital markets, only the safest early-stage firms get the money. |
Bio-IT World April 2006 Michael A. Greeley |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly VCs will not support a sector where consistent compelling exits are not evident. Unfortunately, the bio-IT field still suffers from this. |
Bio-IT World June 2005 Michael A. Greeley |
Who Wants to Be a VC? The objective is to stay relevant to a venture firm while the industry contracts. Develop the case that you can help create great companies (and great returns) because you have built a Rolodex and an ability to identify patterns of success. |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Carol Tice |
European VC Firms Investing in U.S. The VC community overseas is smaller than the U.S., but it is looking for U.S.-based companies. |
Inc. February 2006 Darren Dahl |
Facing the Capital Gap There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money? |
Entrepreneur April 2009 Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. |
Inc. September 2008 Max Chafkin |
IPOs Hit a 30-Year Low It's the first time since 1978 that the VC industry posted a goose egg, but the guy who took Google and Netscape public is not concerned. |
BusinessWeek August 14, 2008 Sharon Gillenwater |
How to Spark Innovation Why is it so hard to stimulate innovation inside big corporations, while at the same time VCs are awash in innovative business plans and people? |
Fast Company May 2005 Alison Overholt |
Venturing Forth Kathy Sherbrooke, co-founder of Circles, one of the few venture-backed companies on our list, on what she learned about going after venture capital. |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Justin Hibbard |
Why All That VC Cash Is Causing Jitters A surfeit of money could drive up the costs of startups, and depress returns. |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Brad Feld |
VC vs. Angel Money: A Primer Don't blow a financing opportunity by approaching the wrong source. |
Bank Technology News November 2005 |
Follow VCs' Money...All the Way To India And China In the venture capital community, growing emphasis is being placed on where entrepreneurism is headed: out of the United States and to China and India. |
Inc. May 1, 2010 Bobbie Gossage |
An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital Financing Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded. |
Entrepreneur May 2002 C.J. Prince |
Springing Back It's not a mirage. The end to the long VC investment dry spell is within your reach... |
Entrepreneur April 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Know How Your VC Gets Paid The bear market brings several implications for startups looking for funding. |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Guy Kawasaki |
Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists Here's a look at the meanings behind what VCs say. |
Inc. December 2004 Michelle Leder |
Main Street VCs Most venture capitalists prefer to be within an hour's drive of their investments, but that's beginning to change. Is a new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you? |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Tom Taulli |
Thinking About Starting the Next Google? Bang Ventures is going to let you be the VC. The company is accepting business plans through its website, assembling a group of experts to sift through the candidates, then allowing anyone to place a vote for the top three. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Schriger & Banks |
The Next Asset The market may have made a remarkable recovery since March 2009, but clients have to actually participate -- that is, take some risk -- to reap the benefits. Not every client is doing so. |
Wired April 2004 Gary Rivlin |
The Roots of Bust 2.0 Suddenly, venture capital is growing on trees. But the cash glut could crash the Valley again. |
InternetNews September 24, 2009 |
Investors Warm to SaaS in Bleak VC Climate Second-quarter VC spending checked in at its lowest level since 1997 but private, on-demand software firms represent a lone bright spot. |
Entrepreneur May 2005 John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital. |
InternetNews September 17, 2007 Larry Barrett |
Software Tops VC Spending List Venture capital spending surged to its highest level in more than five years last quarter, and software companies were the biggest beneficiaries. |
Fast Company Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Jennifer Pellet |
In Good Company Corporate VC funding's on the up. Could you be in the money? |
Inc. June 2004 Michelle Leder |
Offshore Drilling Why foreign-based venture capitals are taking a closer look at U.S. firms. |