The following article was originally published on VentureBeat on January 8, 2015 In a December 11 Bloomberg interview with Emily Chang …
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There are a lot of things that in the VC world that bug me. One of them is hearing other VCs talk about companies and as part …
Read MoreIt’s been a while since I’ve written about daily VC life issues on the blog. One of my new years resolutions is to get more active …
Read MoreAn emerging trend over the past decade has been the celebritization of leaders and influencers across nearly every vertical, hobby …
Read MoreWhen I joined CardRunners in April of 2007 I recognized our company had a dilemma; although our content producers represented dozens of the smartest minds …
Read MoreJim Cramer hosted Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney on Mad Money yesterday and asked him an entirely understandable question on competitive barriers …
Read MoreI’ve been an avid baseball player ever since I was 5 or 6 in little league, all the way through Varsity in High School. Over the course of my “career” …
Read MoreThis article was originally published on re/code on January 23, 2014. Having spent much of the past decade in the online poker world — first as a professional poker player …
Read MoreI’ve written before about the importance of story arc in early stage startups. I view the pain point as the setup/plot, the management team as the hero …
Read MoreEver since I started playing poker seriously in 2004, I have found an odd comfort in the world of incomplete information. If everyone's hands were turned …
Read MoreWhen you consider breaking into the Venture Capital world, in addition to the major wildcards of actually finding a position, there is an additional …
Read MoreIs almost always - and I do mean with rare exception - to get a second meeting. And what I'm learning is that the vast majority …
Read MoreThis week marked the start of my new job at Chicago Ventures. Chicago Ventures is an outgrowth/re-brand of the I2A Fund, where I interned …
Read MoreEarlier this year, I was tasked with leading two treks from my business school to meet with Venture Capitalists - one trip to NYC …
Read MoreIf you're like me, you enjoy curling up in bed each week with a bag of popcorn and watching the latest episode of Shark Tank. Shark Tank has minimal applicability …
Read MoreYesterday, my VC fund in Chicago announced a new partner added to our team. It's an exciting time for us as Kevin is a phenomenally hard worker …
Read MoreWhen I started interning at I2A Fund in the Spring of 2012, I tried to take on as much responsibility as possible. I've done a lot of menial tasks …
Read MoreIn the six months since joining the I2A Fund as an MBA Associate, I’ve reviewed over 100 early/seed stage pitch decks from startups …
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