View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below).

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LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

Yes, income inequality exists and yes it’s a natural consequence of capitalism and other forms of government are decidedly worse than capitalism because they inefficiently create and allocate resources. VCs also get capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses.

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Dividend Silicon Valley Capital Gains Stock 150

VC Adventure

MAY 19, 2010

My partner Jason has an impassioned post up about the carried interest debate currently taking place in Congress. While I wouldn’t say that I’m a “fan” of government, I’ve always been of the mind that some level of government safety-net is appropriate. Obviously this issue is important to me and to all VCs.

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Carried Interest India Capital Gains China 74

Hunter Walker

MARCH 30, 2023

And that’s why I’m challenging our government to regulate them. When she asked what would I recommend my response wasn’t about getting rid of carried interest or breaking up the big companies but about customer support. But they won’t help us navigate through this new world they’re creating. They want DMCA safe harbor?

United States 92

United States Carried Interest Engineer Viral 92

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

VCs tend to gain most of their returns through carried interest- a percentage received as compensation from the profits of a hedge fund or private equity. As business grows, the ever-growing laundry list of government regulations they are expected to follow grows. Driving sponsorships for your startup is a numbers game.

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Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) And for the first time, private companies like Continental Capital, Pitch Johnson & Bill Draper and Sutter Hill were formed to take advantage of the government largesse from the SBA.

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Silicon Valley SBIC San Francisco RSS 130