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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new.
- Investment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let me make an investment until I was 30. That was probably a very smart thing.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have a native monetization system where the atomic unit of content is the ad unit, that scales down all the way to a small screen experience. That's why Twitter is performing so well on mobile.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020