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The Top Ten VC Blogs To Follow

Apr

24

2012

Every so often, venture capitalist Larry Cheng puts out a list of the top VC blogs. Previously, he ranked the blogs by how many subscribers they have on Google Reader. But now he’s changed his methodology and is ranking them by average monthly unique visitors, based on Compete data. He just came out with his ...
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Blogs · Venture Capital

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Berkonomics; Business Insights from Dave Berkus – Past Chairman of the Tech Coast Angels

Apr

21

2012

Blog with lots of focused advice for entrepreneurs from Dave Berkus, a noted speaker, author and early stage private equity investor. He is acknowledged as one of the most active angel investors in the country, having made and actively participated in over 87 technology investments during the past decade. He currently manages two angel VC funds ...
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2X Entrepreneur Turned Venture Capitalist

Sep

26

2011

The short version about the author, Mark Suster: Grew up in NorCal Graduate of UCSD (economics) and University of Chicago (MBA) First job: programmer at Accenture Startups: BuildOnline (sold to publicly traded French company) and Koral (sold to Salesforce.com) Now: Partner at GRP Partners, the largest venture capital firm in Southern California Current Investments / Boards: RingRevenue, GumGum, Adly, Burstly, Pose & TextPlus Angel ...
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The Startup MBA – Venture Hacks

May

7

2009

Here is list of startup blogs written by people who teach and practice, so the advice is practical. Nineteen blogs are mentioned with links to each.
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Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs

Jan

13

2009

Here is the list of the top 150 blogs that I find relevant for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side. Top 150 blogs for Entrepreneur (based on the influence ranking by eCairn):
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Texas Startup Blog

Oct

23

2008

The Texas Startup Blog has been published by Alexander Muse since 2005. With more than 2000 articles on startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital; the blog has garnered international attention with more than 70,000 monthly readers around the globe. The Texas Startup blog is part of the SpringStage startup blog network launching in early 2009.
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Startup Company Lawyer — Partner at WSGR

Sep

28

2008

This is the blog og Yoichiro (‘Yokum’) Taku. He is a corporate and securities partner in the Palo Alto, California office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His WSGR web bio is here. “I represent technology and growth companies at all stages of development, through private financings, strategic transactions, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. ...
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Altgate – A Blog On Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between

Sep

28

2008

Algate is the blog of Furqan Nazeeri. He is currently President & CEO of Virid.us, an online community focused on green issues at work. Previously he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Softbank Capital where he evaluated and sourced investment opportunities while working with Softbank portfolio companies and developing Virid.us. Furqan previously founded Pivot, Inc. in 2004 ...
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Venture Hacks — Advice and introductions for entrepreneurs.

Sep

17

2008

We like helping entrepreneurs succeed. We provide advice and introductions. We’re hamburger helper for entrepreneurs. Our Hacks provide advice. They answer a common question from entrepreneurs: “Can you help me understand term sheets?” Recommended introduces entrepreneurs and investors. It’s like match.com for investors and entrepreneurs. Our team members have founded Epinions and helped start companies ...
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Get Venture by Mark Peter Davis — Venture made transparent

Sep

4

2008

About Mark Peter Davis: I am an active member of the NY venture community. I currently work at DFJ Gotham Ventures, a leading early-stage IT venture capital fund in NYC. I’m also the founder of the Columbia Venture Community. Before joining DFJ Gotham, I was an active entrepreneur and startup advisor. I founded Zotspot, an ...
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