Open Business: Building Blocks for a New Kind of Venture Capital

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Building Blocks for a New Kind of Venture Capital

The Entrepreneur Commons mentioned on Igniter.com in a post discussing the components that would make up core building blocks for a new kind of venture capital:

The key in this lies in the interdependence between the micro-funds and the commons. The commons nutures and convenes community. Funds add some fuel and spark by investing and catlyzing conversations. The ventures serve themselves through supporting each other and participating in the commons.
I’m continuing to refine this as I move toward a working example and will continue to think out loud as I go. And if you haven’t checked it out - take a look at the Entrepreneur Commons being led by Marc Dangeard. He’s farther along and is tackling similar issues as he goes. The similarities and even more so, the differences, are interesting and good fodder for conversation.IGNITER, Oct 2008

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Michael Lewkowitz · 858 weeks ago

Marc, very much interested in the conversation on the differences in what we are building. You are much further along than I am but the main thing that strikes me is that you have tight linkages between the groups and the investment decisions. I seem to be taken a more fluid approach allowing the 'forums', 'commons', and 'investment' to be loosely coupled yet interdependent. Interested in your thoughts/observations.