Comments on: The shrinking VC http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/06/the-shrinking-vc/ by Jeff Jarvis Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: fred http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/06/the-shrinking-vc/#comment-31673 fred Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:56:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/03/06/the-shrinking-vc/#comment-31673 i am not in denial Terry. i operate a 125mm fund. our investment in delicious was only $400k. i understand what's changing in the VC business and what's not. what is changing is that deal sizes and fund sizes are coming down. VCs are going to make less on their deals and entrepreneurs are going to make more. it's a good thing really. another example of this, and possibly a better example than Alan's fund, is Khosla Ventures http://www.khoslaventures.com/presentations.html i am not in denial Terry. i operate a 125mm fund. our investment in delicious was only $400k. i understand what’s changing in the VC business and what’s not. what is changing is that deal sizes and fund sizes are coming down. VCs are going to make less on their deals and entrepreneurs are going to make more. it’s a good thing really.

another example of this, and possibly a better example than Alan’s fund, is Khosla Ventures
http://www.khoslaventures.com/presentations.html

]]> By: Terry Steichen http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/06/the-shrinking-vc/#comment-31480 Terry Steichen Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:35:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/03/06/the-shrinking-vc/#comment-31480 Some are still in apparent denial - see http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/03/umair_is_wrong.html Some are still in apparent denial - see http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/03/umair_is_wrong.html

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