The VC Perspective If you read last week’s post, you might come to the conclusion that I was pretty negative on the VC thing.  You’d be wrong on a lot of counts.  VC has transformed the world of investing, and the best VCs are disciplined, [...]

The crossing from 2020 to 2021 has been more turbulent – consequential – than it felt.  The holidays were slow, stately, more downbeat than usual, and we’re only now waking up to the hangovers from too much wassail and socializing, Boris’ need [...]

Venture Capital Redux If you read business or investment literature (or even MIT Technology Review), you know that there are articles that appear with annoying regularity.   ’10 Stocks to Buy Now’ ‘What Makes a Leader?’ ‘Managing Disruptive [...]

If you’re diligent and patient, and pan in the right streams, you find bits of gold. I’m passing one on here. I follow a lot of investors on social media (mostly Twitter).  Some are friends, some acquaintances, and some because they have [...]

Election Special Last week I participated in a board discussion about whether we should consider a SPAC.  If you haven’t been paying attention, SPACs are the hot topic in US big-time VC/private equity deals.  I was planning a post about SPACs, [...]

Cubii Once upon a time in 2013, I taught a course called Building the New Venture to University of Chicago undergraduates. Teams of students took concepts of their choice and explored the potential for a business, developed minimum viable [...]