The Top Venture Capitalist Blogs
Venutre Capitalists are a great source of knowledge and ofcourse $$$$. The trick in getting VC funding is to have your idea appeal to them at a personal level. Something they can identify with . So it helps to get to know them and follow their thought process. Conferences are expensive and a big no no in this economy. So here is an easy way to atleast know their thought process sitting at your computer.
Larry Cheng, a partner at Fidelity Ventures, has compiled a list of the 100 top VC blogs, according to the number of Google Reader subscribers for each one. Per Larry himself this is not an exact science – “So, here’s a more difficult than expected attempt at pulling together a global directory of blogs written by current VCs. To help put the blogs in some context, they are ranked by their # of Google Reader subscribers. In addition, some blogs despite having subscribers have not posted in 3 months and they are denoted by an * .”
Here is a list of the top ten. Go the Larry’s Page for the other 90.
- Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures, How To Change The World (17,555)
- Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures, A VC (11,821)
- David Hornik, August Capital, VentureBlog (7,060)
- Brad Feld, Foundry Group, Feld Thoughts (6,434)
- Marc Andreesen, TBD, Blog.pmarca.com (5,099)*
- Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital, Redeye VC (3,310)
- Ed Sim, Dawntreader Ventures, Beyond VC (3,239)
- Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Ventures Partners, LSVP (2,973)
- Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital, Above The Crowd (2,257)
- Jeff Nolan, SAP Ventures, Venture Chronicles (1,528)
Keep up the reading … you never know when you may have the next big idea.
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Comments
A great list by Larry Cheng. However I do not consider Google Reader subscribers as representative of a blogs popularity. Marc Andressen’s blog has not been updated in four months and it is #5 on your list. PPPPPPLLLESSSEEEEEE
Your comments are very useful. I have a question for you. Can you supply me with a forum; (a site; specific venture capitalists,) in which I can place my idea for a enterprise in health food that I think has incredible potential world wide? I need seed money for a pilot project and franchising once we have a track record. I am interested in getting this project started very soon in Israel as a pilot program.
Thanks Larry for the effort. However with the economy being what it is, most entrepreneurs might just stay away from VCs. It is far easier to exit at a smaller $$$ number then have a VC back you and exit in the $100 million range.