GoingVC·Jul 13Changing Skills and New Capabilities Required to be an Effective Venture CapitalistThe venture capital industry is undergoing significant change. Rising interest rates have increased competition for investor capital, as…A response icon1A response icon1
GoingVC·Jun 8From Firm to Franchise: Building Career Capital for your First FundRaising a venture capital fund is a ten-year commitment that many would say is the most difficult aspect of being a fund manager. The…A response icon1A response icon1
GoingVC·Jun 5From Firm to Franchise: Building Career Capital for your First FundRaising a venture capital fund is a ten-year commitment that many would say is the most difficult aspect of being a fund manager. The…
GoingVC·Jun 2The Numbers Behind Venture Capital: Founder MetricsRaising venture capital is partly a translation exercise. Founders live inside the operational reality of their business. Investors…
GoingVC·May 22The Numbers Behind Venture Capital: VC Metrics for InvestorsVenture capital runs on imperfect information. Capital is locked for a decade. Exit timing is uncertain. And the companies that ultimately…
GoingVC·May 20Purpose as a Strategy: Finding your way to VCBreaking into venture capital rarely follows a straight line. For a GoingVC Alumni, currently pre-seed investor at a healthcare-focused VC…
GoingVC·May 12Exit Engineering: A Guide for VC’s and FoundersFor venture investors, the exit is where years of capital deployment either produce returns or fail to. Yet exit planning can be considered…
GoingVC·May 5The Venture Divide: How Fund Size Drives Returns and Founder OutcomesVenture capital has grown into a massive financial system. Global venture assets under management now exceed three trillion dollars, and…
GoingVC·Apr 27The Thesis-Driven VC: How to Truly Stand Out in a Crowded MarketNinety-five percent of venture returns are generated by five percent of investors. That level of concentration raises a simple question…
GoingVC·Apr 20The Other Side of the Table: What Eight Years as a Founder Taught Rob About Investing“At its core, what AI does is it summarizes things that already exist. And what VC does is create things that don’t already exist.” — Rob…
