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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. And, if you travel, those costs come from this number too. If you have an office, that cost fits in here too. 1) It is absolutely the best job in the world for me.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

I enjoy learning about new technologies and ideas – and you get to see a lot of them in this business especially in early stage investing. And, if you travel, those costs come from this number too. If you have an office, that cost fits in here too. 1) It is absolutely the best job in the world for me.

Salary 48
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Where Does VC Money Actually Come From? [Flowchart]

View from Seed

This typically has a dual purpose: generate a return on the company’s cash while also gaining insight into new startups and technologies that may be of strategic interest to the corporation. A handful of large corporations actively invest in VC funds themselves.

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Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains

Agile VC

This typically has a dual purpose: generate a return on the company’s cash while also gaining insight into new startups and technologies that may be of strategic interest to the corporation. A handful of large corporations actively invest in VC funds themselves.

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Seed Investments in Insurrection

This is going to be BIG.

A few months ago, I got a pitch from a company providing a kind of “last mile” for computer vision—an always-on human network that would take images that computers couldn’t identify, and spit back whether or not a roof tile was broken or if a signature matched. I was both horrified and yet not surprised at all.