Venture capital – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Interviewing Venture Capitalists

Big Red Car — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:46:50 +0000

The other day I had a conversation with a CEO who was strapping on his kneepads and polishing up his tin cup to hit the fundraising circuit. He is not a complete novitiate, but neither could he write the book on the subject. He was a good student, smarter than a Shih Tzu — which […]

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Volcker 2.0 And Venture Capital

Big Red Car — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:31:32 +0000

Whilst you were quarantining and attending to the vicissitudes of life, the banking world was undergoing some incredible changes to its regulatory environment. Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (and the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a tangential manner) agreed to changes […]

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Tumblr Tumbled

Big Red Car — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:33:58 +0000

It is obligatory to write something about Tumblr in the blogosphere or “they” will hack your site, and crash it. The Big Red Car doesn’t want that to happen, so here goes. It is a curious case, this Tumblr story. With apologies to Charlie Dickens. “It was the best of times, it was the worst […]

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The Money Divide

Big Red Car — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:36:26 +0000

Love may make the world go around, but it is money that pays for the trip. The world is divided between those who consume money (my tribe) and those who provide the money. Amongst competing tribal loyalties are the classic American entrepreneur (consumer) and the venture capitalist (provider). Entrepreneurs propose an idea that requires a […]

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Doing Basic Guy Stuff

Big Red Car — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:53:28 +0000

In the course of being a guy, even in a harshly “woke” America, there is a body of “basic guy stuff” that an American male needs to be able to do. So, a month ago I am getting ready to take a road trip. Pre-road trip checklist includes having the tires rotated, the oil changed […]

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Qualified Small Business Stock — QSBS

Big Red Car — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:27:46 +0000

QSBS, baby. Rained hard last night. We like a good rain in Texas. Keep the temperature down, but I always fear the mosquitoes. So, speaking of mosquitoes, let’s discuss the QSBS — Qualified Small Business Stock. [Nice segway, eh?] Stop — DO NOT TAX ADVICE FROM AN EIGHT CYLINDER V8 MUSCLE CAR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. […]

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Texas Venture Capital — Taking Measure

Big Red Car — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:16:35 +0000

Everything in Texas is bigger, right? Well, not the magnitude of Venture Capital. As you can see from this graphic, Texas is #5 in 2018 Venture Capital and barely above North Carolina. [Love the Tarheel State BTW. Favorite basketball team? Carolina Tarheels. Hook ’em, Heels!] The Austin picture within the Lone Star State is a […]

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Creeps — Misogyny in Tech

Big Red Car — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:35:48 +0000

Big Red Car, a manly but gentlemanly 1966 Impala Supersport convertible, talking creeps and misogyny in tech. So, if you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on in the tech space — 90% male dominated tech space — you’ve seen a raft of stories about men behaving badly. Creeps. These guys are creeps. These guys […]

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VC Frat Boy Bad Behavior

Big Red Car — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:04:17 +0000

Frat boy bad behavior? Big Red Car here getting ready to unload on venture capitalists who engage in or tolerate frat boy, bro-culture, bad behavior in their firms and in the firms they fund. Let’s cite examples, shall we? Take the case of one Justin Caldbeck, formerly a co-founder of venture capital firm Binary Capital. […]

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Writing = Discipline

Big Red Car — Mon, 15 May 2017 14:27:11 +0000

Writing = discipline, Big Red Car? Tell me more. Big Red Car here on a lovely Monday morning, waiting for the painters to show up. House getting painted, not the Big Red Car. Alas. So, The Boss is doing some writing. He’s been a writer for a long time, but now he’s out of the […]

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