Looking for venture capital? Or looking for great insights to grow your business?
Well, we've scoured a year's worth of great blog posts from hundreds of venture capitalists and industry experts, and are pleased to present you with our 50 favorite posts of 2009.
Some great information is included in these posts, and savvy entrepreneurs and investors will heed this advice.
And we'd love to hear your comments...what posts did we miss?
Enjoy!
1. Ed Sim (Dawntreader Ventures)
Links:
[1] http://www.beyondvc.com/2009/05/index.html
[2] http://redeye.firstround.com/2009/04/board-transparency-and-the-implicit-web.html
[3] http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/why-the-economics-of-social-gaming-are-so-attractive-to-investors/
[4] http://www.sethlevine.com/blog/archives/2009/12/want-more-jobs.php
[5] http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2009/03/power-laws.html
[6] http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/11/some-thoughts-on-email-after-dealing-with-500-emails.html
[7] http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/08/24/what-is-really-happening-to-the-venture-capital-industry/
[8] http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html
[9] http://ventureblog.com/articles/the-economy-finance/
[10] http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/vc-behavior-in-board-meetings.html
[11] http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2009/10/startup-metrics-fowa-london-oct2009.html
[12] http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/12/venture-funds-raise-only-1-6-billion-in-third-quarter-most-of-that-went-to-vinod-khosla/
[13] http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/the-cost-of-friendfeed-roughly-50-million-in-cash-and-stock/
[14] http://entrepreneur.venturebeat.com/2009/12/07/venture-capital-2009-the-year-in-review/
[15] http://blog.pmarca.com/2009/07/introducing-our-new-venture-capital-firm-andreessen-horowitz.html
[16] http://entrepreneur.venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/5-ways-vc-firms-can-stop-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot/
[17] http://earlystagevc.typepad.com/earlystagevc/2009/05/whats-broken-venture-capital-or-venture-perceptions-.html
[18] http://ricksegal.typepad.com/pmv/2009/10/the-take-the-deal-or-not-debate.html
[19] http://vcmike.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/more-on-the-founderceo-question/
[20] http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/vc/2009/08/should-entrepreneurs-be-more-like-teenage-girls-when-setting-goals.html
[21] http://due-diligence.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/silicon-valleys-dirty-little-secret.html
[22] http://www.marketing.fm/2009/12/02/99-99-or-its-totally-going-to-happen-but-isnt-signed-yet/
[23] http://laserlike.com/2009/05/27/better-incentives-can-improve-online-advertising/
[24] http://www.vcconfidential.com/2009/07/do-you-need-to-be-in-the-valley.html
[25] http://1vc.typepad.com/soaring_on_ridgelift/2009/07/venture-capital-time-for-v30.html
[26] http://southeastvc.blogs.com/southeast_vc/2009/11/vcs-hear-it-all-of-the-time-entrepreneurs-say-they-have-the-best-software-for-xyz-industry-they-tell-us-how-their-software.html
[27] http://www.jasonmendelson.com/wp/archives/2009/11/senator-dodd-making-it-harder-for-small-business-to-get-funded.php
[28] http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/04/financial-forecasts-in-a-business-plan/
[29] http://continuations.com/post/242541771/hiring-lack-of-diversity-becomes-self-reinforcing
[30] http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2009/11/living-small.html
[31] http://larrycheng.com/2009/11/21/succeeding-with-a-potential-single-point-of-failure/
[32] http://vcinme.typepad.com/vc/2009/06/prediction-social-nets-will-make-more-money-off-site-vs-on-the-website.html
[33] http://willprice.blogspot.com/2009/09/now.html
[34] http://waytooearly.firstround.com/2009/05/uni-acquired-tastes-in-food-and-investing.html
[35] http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/12/07/how-to-re-approach-people-advice-on-the-eve-of-leweb/
[36] http://www.christine.net/2009/10/whats-the-secret-success-of-mintcom-the-real-numbers-behind-aaron-patzers-growth-strategy.html
[37] http://www.freddestin.com/blog/2009/12/the-arrogant-vc-a-view-from-the-trenches-full-length-version.html
[38] http://www.greentechmedia.com/cleantech-investing/post/conventional-wisdom-and-cleantech-venture-capital/
[39] http://www.vcdave.com/2009/03/21/when-you-are-the-product/
[40] http://bijansabet.com/post/274786814/creating-an-operating-plan-for-2010
[41] http://cracking-the-code.blogspot.com/2009/10/impact-of-recession-on-saas-sales.html
[42] http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/254326133/for-pay-content
[43] http://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/2009/11/bootstrapping-vs-venture-funding.html
[44] http://allensblog.typepad.com/allensblog/2009/08/cofounders-vs-early-employees.html
[45] http://www.purevc.com/pure_vc/2009/07/dont-bite-the-hand-that-feeds.html
[46] http://www.geekvc.com/geekvc/Blog/Entries/2009/11/19_Failure_Modes_1.html
[47] http://maxbley.typepad.com/maxs_blog/2009/10/the-hunt-for-growth-is-on.html
[48] http://www.jasonball.com/techbytes/2009/02/pitch-your-startup-vcic-2009.html
[49] http://startups.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/the-7-troublemakers-you-meet-in-a-start-up.html
[50] http://tedfellows.posterous.com/in-social-enterprise-force-yourself-to-be-an