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Praying to the God of Valuation

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all…

8 min readDec 12, 2022

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem…

8 min readSep 15, 2022

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it…

8 min readJul 26, 2022

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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Density & the Future of Real Estate

Nearly six years ago, I was thrilled to invest in Andrew Farah and the team at Density when they had a vision for building anonymous…

2 min readNov 10, 2021

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Density & the Future of Real Estate

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The Changing Venture Landscape

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Society is…

10 min readSep 10, 2021

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Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit

Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. Most of these…

4 min readAug 11, 2021

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Introducing Trust, and the Importance of Product-Founder Fit

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On Funding — The Denominator Effect

I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio, which I called “shots on goal.” The…

4 min readJun 28, 2021

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On Funding — Shots on Goal

Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together:

5 min readJun 28, 2021

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What Mistakes Do VCs Make When Fundraising?

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Samir Kaji on the Venture Unlocked podcast about a wide range of topics that we as…

5 min readJun 22, 2021

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with…

9 min readMay 24, 2021

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Mark Suster

Mark Suster

2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). Turned VC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs — I’m on Twitter at @msuster

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