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So you have just closed on your $1m seed round.  You’re excited and ready to get to work.  The first thing you do is contact TechCrunch and PandoDaily to get some PR, hire a few engineers, a [...]

I had a great lunch with a VC in NYC who I have known for a number of years.  He and I were involved in a fantastic company that went on to be one of the biggest wins in both of our careers.  [...]

At some point in their lifecycle, many VC’s try to open up the black box of decision making at their firms via a blog post.  When I read these posts, generally gloss over because they are [...]

I have heard the analogy that investing with an early stage entrepreneur is akin to going to war together.  In spending a lot of time with soldiers who have experienced armed combat first hand, I [...]

(Written by David Shen, Director, West Coast Operations) I was on a panel at Fundingpost’s, Silicon Valley VC and Angel Conference this last Thursday and once again the topic of how [...]

Charlie O’Donnell of First Round’s NYC team recently wrote a very important post entitled, Ignore startup history at your peril.   It was so good and relevant to today that I’m [...]

Posted by David Shen, Director of West Coast Operations When I say MIT Problem for Startups, it’s probably not what you’re thinking! The problem I’m referring to goes like this. [...]

(Authored by David Shen, LaunchCapital’s West Coast Director) Before I joined Launch Capital, I spent some time with my future manager on how we would work together.  Joining a fund in many [...]

At LaunchCapital, we spend a lot of time fostering networks.  For example, we have programs that actively connect like-minded portfolio companies with each other so they can share experiences and [...]

Approximately a year ago, LaunchCapital’s financial backers asked us to take a step back from the traditional venture funding model and figure out a way to appeal to “Main [...]