We love what we do, so ClearCreek writes and publishes pieces for a somewhat irregular blog about emerging companies and the capital markets. Or we did for a while anyway, then we did less, and apparently we stopped entirely. But we kept the old posts below. Any errors are ours exclusively while the occasional sharp insight is probably borrowed. We hope you find them of interest, and we always welcome feedback.
This month, read some very cogent reasons why an entrepreneur turned down $5 million in venture funding, or go the other direction and get Paul Graham’s advice on how to raise money, and if you have already tried, take comfort in some reasons why you can’t raise money…
Read MoreThe first rule of Fight Club is, well, you know. So it perhaps is no surprise that the way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. So says no less an authority than Paul Graham in this engaging essay, and it’s pretty tough to argue with him…
Read MoreLike many people, I am now getting more and more news and information through twitter. I’ve always thought that facebook is socially familiar — because it is permission-based and…
Read MoreIt’s a theme as old as Dickens and reflects both a central tenet of biology and the basic economic belief that as an industry matures, it divides. Fred Wilson sees the venture capital industry increasingly split into two parts:…
Read MoreA new feature for this blog — with a hat tip to FiveBooks — are a quick list of five of the best blogs since, um, the last newsletter. This round features: Paul Graham on The Top Idea In Your Mind and The Future of Startup Funding; Brad Feld on Serious Questions for Super Angels;…
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