by Mike Smerklo | Apr 6, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership
How entrepreneurs and investors can use their respective insanity to work together and drive better alignment and results (A version of this post appeared on Forbes) Fund-raising is always tough. I originally wrote a version of this post a month ago to help...
by Mike Smerklo | Nov 21, 2019 | Entrepreneurship
Today, we are proud to announce the closing of our second fund, which brings $130 million in new capital to Next Coast Ventures. We are thrilled to have assembled a great group of investors – a strong combination of investors from our first fund and new investors who...
by Mike Smerklo | May 26, 2019 | Entrepreneurship
“People are busy. There are six billion people on the planet yet none of them wake up in the morning and think: ‘Geez, I wonder if there is a new product out there I should know about.” -Marc Andreessen interview on Brian Koppelman’s podcast The Moment As...
by Mike Smerklo | Mar 1, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership
I was fortunate to be interviewed for a great podcast call “Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do” – click here to listen to the podcast!
by Mike Smerklo | Sep 20, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Forbes.com I never thought I would start a blog post with such an audacious claim about the journalistic acumen of The Economist. However, having just finished reading The Economist’s September 1st cover story on Silicon Valley...
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