About Paul Kedrosky
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| Dr. Kedrosky is currently the Executive Director of the William J. von Liebig Center in San Diego, California. Using an innovative seed capital program, the Center catalyzes the commercialization of technologies from the internationally-ranked University of California, San Diego. Dr. Kedrosky is also a venture investor with Ventures West, Canada's largest institutional venture capital firm, where he is most active in consumer technologies and software. He is currently on the board of Marqui Corporation, a marketing automation software company. |
Recent Article:
What All VCs Share
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In my PE Week column a while back I said that there no best practises in venture capital. A long-time industry veteran emailed agreement, but said that the best VCs do share two characteristics:
1. A good gut 2. A teflon coating to keep them from getting jaded. The best VCs still fall in love with new deals, even after having had their hearts broken many times I couldn't agree more. You have to have the gut, and you have to avoid the oft-inevitable creeping cynicism. The best VCs never lose that child-like fascination with new and highly perishable things.
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