Q:  What is the the impact of the U.S. economy going into a (possible) recession on venture funding for new startups? A:  (Jason).  Somewhere my undergrad economics professors are shuddering as I type this answer.  I won’t hold myself up as an professional economist or fortune teller, but there are some takeaways that have have […]

One company that draws a lot of questions is Google.  Specifically, folks have questions regarding the fact pattern of their initial public offering.  We weren’t investors in the company, so we generally don’t get involved answering these, but today my friends Mike Sullivan and Julia Vax from Howard Rice sent me this nugget:  “Google’s IPO […]

I read a lot.  I often review books on my Feld Thoughts site but Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation by Andrew Metrick seemed more appropriate for AsktheVC.  If you are interested in how venture capital works, this is a superb book.  It’s broken into four parts – the first two are invaluable, the third […]