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“Small” Rocks the Venture World

What’s the latest shockwave in the venture capital world? I just caught two great pieces that’ll tell you everything you need to know. Who says VC blogs only serve up a bunch of foo-foo (see this previous post referencing a NY Times piece). The first is a great essay I read this morning on the Always On Network, by Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures: Small is Beautiful: Ecological Imbalance Is Threatening the Venture World. And, yesterday, Bill Burnham had a very insightful post on his blog in the same vein: Are VC Funds Getting Too Big For Their Own Good?. Nuff said! Hey, both Bills, you nail it and you rock…

1 Comment

  1. Mike Lewis

    I couldn’t agree more with this post. I have found that there are some VC’s who realize that the game is changing and are reacting and changing their approach.

    Some good ones who seem to get it are:
    Leapfrog Ventures (leapfrogventures.com)
    Garage Tech Ventures (garage.com

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