Topic: 3) Ventures
A lot of folks have been asking me about CEO and venture capital blogging as of late. Thought that I would point out a few of my favorite posts. Note that there are not that many VC bloggers out there (last number I saw was around 12). That said, there is growing interest by VCs in blogging investments. August Capital recently put in Series B money to Six Apart (see webblog Mena Trott, co-founder and President of Six Apart). Additionally, Sequoia Capital's LinkedIn investment (which some might argue is not quite a blog) recently drew Series B monies from Greylock (LinkedIn release).
But I digress. Here are some recent VC and CEO blog posts that I like quite a bit (some of these blogs I read semi-regularly):
- on Running an Efficient Board Meeting see http://www.beyondvc.com/2004/09/running_an_effi.html by Ed Sim, Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures
- on the Sales Learning Curve (SLC) see http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2004/10/the_sales_learn.html by Ross Mayfield, CEO of Socialtext
- thoughts on the Feature, Product, or Company thing that VCs need to tease apart as they analyze prospective investments, see http://due-diligence.typepad.com/blog/2004/01/vc_feature_prod.html by Tim Oren, partner at the VC firm Pacifica Fund
- "It's the Feed Stupid" (this is a bit of a technical subject but an important one related to blogging), see http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2004/05/its_the_feed_st.html by Fred Wilson, managing partner at the VC firm Flatiron Partners
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Updated: November 7, 2004 12:09 AM CST
