Richard Titus’ article contrasting European with US venture capital has been receiving a lot of publicity– a full 5 of my daily private equity and entrepreneurship emails carried the story. Through the Private Equity Club I often hear venture capitalist’s talk about investing in and working with entrepreneurs. Up to this point my perspective may …

Imperial College London recently hosted two conversations with prominent venture capitalists – Danny Rimer from Index Ventures and Michael Eisenberg from Benchmark Capital. Both operate in an industry where detecting an elusive “black swan” is critical and where speed to market is often more important than intellectual property. Each described an eerily similar investment story. …