{"id":7323,"date":"2016-04-06T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T20:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2016-04-11T16:25:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T20:25:52","slug":"vcs-toss-the-best-launch-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/vcs-toss-the-best-launch-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"VCs Toss the Best Launch Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Founders Fund may be eschewing a Launch Party for their 1.3B fund&#8230; But will these guys!?<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/444274675225358337\/cGU3uiU7_normal.jpeg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Lora Kolodny (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorakolodny?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@lorakolodny<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorakolodny\/status\/717789584625508352?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/6\/16, 12:02 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Randi Zuckerberg, Chris Sacca, Jonathan Abrams among LP&#8217;s in new fund from David Prager &amp; co. at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonstroTV\">@MonstroTV<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mm5cWREqVA\">twitter.com\/TechCrunch\/sta\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/615392662233808896\/EtxjSSKk_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">TechCrunch (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techcrunch?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@TechCrunch<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techcrunch\/status\/717788648851116032?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/6\/16, 11:58 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Rev3 Founder David Prager forms new fund, Monstro Ventures, to back early-stage tech startups&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7CSWIDNg5k\">tcrn.ch\/1oCFl56<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorakolodny\">@lorakolodny<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/717807610536169473?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">4\/6\/16, 1:14 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monstro_tv\">@monstro_tv<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vWsMJVoLe\"><span>twitter.com\/lorakolodny\/st\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>VCs like founders who set the bell curve<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\"><embed width='560' height='315' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image13.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"C3852400-5CD9-442A-960B-F31E8380AA45\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">VCs like founders that Cross the Chasm From The Right<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em\"><embed width='560' height='315' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang Founders Fund may be eschewing a Launch Party for their 1.3B fund&#8230; 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