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...
by Mike Smerklo | Apr 4, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership
When you’re a CEO, you have countless things to do every day. You are always pressed for time, you’re being pulled in a million different directions and you’re hyper-focused on growth. So you have to prioritize these never-ending tasks, and it’s only natural that...
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