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Why Do Some People Consider Venture Capital a “Young Person’s Game”?

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Procore was founded in 2003. Finally close own fund in 2003, after 12 months. Invest in seed round of Procore in 2003. The post Why Do Some People Consider Venture Capital a “Young Person’s Game”? Imagine you were a seed VC: Started as an angel, in say 2000. Start raising own fund in 2002.

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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

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Before Twitter, he was a Partner at Battery Ventures, where he co-led the seed and early stage investing practices. Satya joined Google in 2003 and was responsible for AdSense product management and partnerships. Before heading to Silicon Valley for Google, he worked for DoubleClick, in venture capital and as a strategy consultant.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

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Today Carman is Founder and Managing Partner of Click Ventures, the globally renowned Hong Kong venture capital firm. Bai Xue believed in the internet – and in 2003 she did the unthinkable: she quit a secure and well-paid job at Panasonic to join the startup movement. The reason? Maxine Ryan. Hande Cilingir.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Keith Rabois and Jason Lemkin

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I think it’s more overall more like 2000 to 2003 in Silicon Valley, but there’ll be some industries and some verticals that either aren’t affected as much or snap back very quickly. If 15 to 20% are COVID beneficiaries, can that absorb all the venture capital? Does venture capital even need to bother?

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

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Stage: Venture Capital, Angel. For its near 30 years of existence, JAFCO Asia has turned into one of the leading venture capital firms in APAC. Stage: Corporate Venture Capital. Stage: Venture Capital. Tencent Holdings Venture Fund. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed.

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Decacorns & Unicorns in 2020: Founders Fund Keith Rabois and SaaStr’s Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

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I think it’s more overall more like 2000 to 2003 in Silicon Valley, but there’ll be some industries and celebrated goals that either aren’t effected as much or snap back very quickly. If 15 to 20% are COVID beneficiaries, can that absorb all the ventured capital? Does venture capital even need to bother?

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The Case Against Budgets, Forecasts, and Performance Targets

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Let’s start with probably the most familiar scenario - I was working at a tech company, with top tier venture capital investors. And when I began to learn how self-managed organizations view these activities, I couldn’t help but find myself nodding my head in agreement. Where do we want to end up come year’s end?