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Co-founder @Villageglobal & @beondeck & @tokendaily. Positive Sum. Thinking aloud/allowed. Looking to start or join your next company? http://beondeck.com . @cosign

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    Erik Torenberg‏Verified account @eriktorenberg 9h9 hours ago
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    What's your best argument as to why there needs to be more, not less, VCs? Examples: - More investors, more founders, more growth: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg/status/1217522710865072128?s=20 … - More investor diversity, more founder diversity - More economically aligned & interconnected society

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    People look at high valuations in early-stage venture and conclude there’s too much capital. Another explanation for high valuations is we’re suffering a scarcity of (great) founders. A thread on why we’re suffering from a founder scarcity and some ideas on how to solve it.👇
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      2. Leo Polovets‏ @lpolovets 9h9 hours ago
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        https://twitter.com/lpolovets/status/1223411787283853313 …

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        The lack of seed stage venture capital in most cities is crazy to me. Once a company has traction, it can get attention from VCs across the world. But at inception, a lack of local capital makes it very hard to get off the ground. I'm bullish that this will improve in the 2020s.
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      3. Leo Polovets‏ @lpolovets 9h9 hours ago
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        I.e. many would argue that there are too many VCs in SF, but there certainly aren't enough VCs globally.

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      2. Dave Goldblatt‏ @davegoldblatt 9h9 hours ago
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        More venture capital, doesn't necessarily need to be more vcs

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      3. Erik Torenberg‏Verified account @eriktorenberg 9h9 hours ago
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        totally. the inverse is true too. i'd argue that some of the benefits could be gained by distributing existing pie of VC. (Bundling & Unbundling)

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      2. Justin Mares‏Verified account @jwmares 8h8 hours ago
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        Though if founders are the rate limiting step, not sure that more VC fixes anything or creates more growth. Could even hamper by distributing talent, resources more broadly across worse companies

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      3. Erik Torenberg‏Verified account @eriktorenberg 7h7 hours ago
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        Interesting. Are more VCs more or less likely to lead to more founders in your view? That more founders may not lead to more growth is a separate but also interesting claim!

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      1. Chuck Trafton‏ @chucktrafton 9h9 hours ago
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        Whack ratio: Americans spend almost as much money on lottery tickets each year as VCs invest.

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      1. damn ventures.‏ @damnventures 6h6 hours ago
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        Major VC's become way less risky compared to pre-2010 era. Hopefully more VC's, more chances some of them will go to the real early stage helping more founders to break through.

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      1. Jeremy Stamper‏ @jeremymstamper 7h7 hours ago
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        More investments mean more risky bets, which promote innovation.

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      1. Ben Reinhardt‏ @Ben_Reinhardt 3h3 hours ago
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        Slightly off topic: why not more differenter still-private-and-profit oriented kinds of funding risky tech?

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