February 25th, 2011

Ask a VC: "Investing in Music Is a Little Like Vietnam" (TCTV)

Conrad

Ask a VC was on hiatus for a few weeks, but your Friday investor-talk fix is back. Our guest this week is Tony Conrad, partner at True Ventures and founder of About.Me, which recently sold to AOL along with TechCrunch.

There was a pent-up flood of questions this week, and Conrad addressed many of them. In case you want to skip around here they are in order:

-Why does True Ventures invest in… → Read More

February 23rd, 2011

Should Entrepreneurs Trust a VC Who Is Also Founding a Company? (TCTV)

There’s an age-old debate in Silicon Valley over whether or not you have to have started a company before to be a great VC. While many of the best VCs in Valley history weren’t entrepreneurs, the bias is heavily on investors who know firsthand what entrepreneurs are going through. But what about VCs who are building companies at the same time they are backing them?

It’s a growing trend as serial… → Read More