Monthly Archives: December 2008

What vintage is your VC’s fund?

Posted on December 5, 2008 by payne

Jeff Bussgang wrote a great post about how VCs manage reserves.  When a VC invests, they allocate (reserve) some additional amount for follow-on financing.  For example, a company may raise $5m for Series A, but the fund will reserve $10m … Continue reading →

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Netbooks defying categorization, but who cares?

Posted on December 4, 2008 by payne

Last Christmas, I got my daughter an Asus EEE PC netbook.  We were one rev too early; the screen’s just slightly too small for Webkinz.  But netbooks are great “first computers” for kids:  small, light, and cheap enough it’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments