There are abusive corporations, and we do need a better social safety net so that people aren’t at the mercy of the doctrine of shareholder primacy, but that truth disguises a more complicated reali
David Teten Contributor Share on X David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. More posts by this contributor How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm Wh
Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? Absolutely not. VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets...
Men have a critical role to play in bringing about gender equality in the tech community, if we get our act together…
“It’s not just the size of the funds but the velocity” at which VCs are returning to their investors, known as limited partners (or LPs), says an astonished Bill Gurley of the venture firm Bench
Most people in business and finance (and most people, frankly) think that the new economy (of artificial intelligence and autonomous machines) is like the old economy: satisfying customers’ needs fo
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Thanks to the revolutions happening in the Middle East, our leaders have been touting social media as the new force f
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After having been a tech executive for many years, I needed to take a break, and I wanted to give back to society.
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My <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/27/can-entrepreneurs-be-made/">last post</a> triggered some interesting debates i
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<a href="http://www.kauffman.org/">The Kauffman Foundation,</a> an organization