Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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Turning Passion into Profit
We’re not saying this blog will cure your post-Olympic blues, but we do have something golden for you. This week we chatted with Alek…
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You’re Special… Sort of.
“You’re special, just like everyone else.” Unfortunately, this is as true in business as anywhere. Specialize or die – in a world of investing…
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A Twist on Buffett’s Advice
Today we’re taking a new look at one of Warren Buffett’s most quoted lines: “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” While we…
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Is Real Estate Really “Location, Location, Location”?
At the end of 2020 Chapel ran a successful campaign on Vicinity’s portal to fund a multi-tenant facility in the Poe Mill area. For…
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What Robinhood got wrong (& right) in their Super Bowl commercial
I was about ready to let the whole Robinhood/Gamestop wildness go… and then I saw the commercial. You’ve probably seen it by now –…
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Doubling-down on Democratization
While trust in the gamified giant has become as volatile as a short squeeze on an outdated retail chain, now might be a good…
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What’s the difference between microinvesting and crowdfunding?
While crowdfunding serves a purpose, there are some glaring differences between it and investment crowdfunding, also known as microinvesting.
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An Alternative to Fighting Manipulation with Manipulation
There’s a good chance you’ll come across a BFF or “soul sister” at some point in life, but you’ll have better luck finding good…
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What have you assumed?
Assumptions are all those little (and BIG) things we expect to be true in the future around our business, its market, or the customers…
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5 Questions for the Capital Seeker
There comes a point in nearly every business’s life when getting funding is a necessity. At this fateful moment, there may also be a…
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4 Investor Insights from 4 Years of Reg CF
Four years old… this is the age you can expect recognition of shapes and colors, and a love for rhyming words. Also for some…
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Double Duty Diversified Income
It’s trivia time at Vicinity! Which of the following headlines from the past year are real? Aliens in hiding until mankind is ready, says…
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Venture Capital Management Fees: The One Blog Version!
What do VC funds actually charge in management fees, and who cares? The hypothesis: The VentureSouth view: Venture capital funds and other similar funds…
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Venture Capital management fees: a wrap up
To wrap up this series in a few bullet points. Good luck making money, having fun, and doing good – and reducing your total…
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Venture Capital management fees: how can investors use all this information?
How do I use this information? New people invest in venture capital and angel funds all the time, and it’s hard to know what’s…
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Venture Capital management fees: VentureSouth vs. unscrupulous fund managers
So then how have you dealt with the issues with the step-down approach you covered? Another fair question. To take each of them in…
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Venture Capital management fees: VentureSouth’s practices
What would VentureSouth do? A fair follow-up question on these posts on venture capital fund management fees is: so what does VentureSouth do? You…
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Venture Capital management fees: problems with the step-down approach
The step-down approach is, in our opinion, the most appropriate management fee base. However, it is not perfect. If you are thinking in detail,…
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Venture Capital management fees: how much does it matter?
How big a difference does the “management fee base” make? Obviously the best analysis of this question would look at results: do funds with…
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Venture Capital management fees: who cares?
Why does the “management fee base” issue even matter? In the grand scheme of Life, the Universe and Everything, it doesn’t really matter how…
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Venture Capital management fees: other ideas?
Perhaps there are also more nuances to add here? Maybe: It remains surprising that these issues are so opaque, the terminology so confused, and…
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Venture Capital management fees: the verdict
Who do we think is right? After considering this new evidence, I’m willing to concede that VentureSouth’s view was wrong and the step-down approach…
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Venture Capital management fees: the evidence
The evidence Before I dived back into research, I thought the evidence would overwhelmingly support the “VentureSouth view.” My evidence included: But as I…
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What do Venture Capital funds actually charge in management fees, and who cares?
For our October series of posts, we have been investigating what venture capital funds actually charge in management fees. We hope you’ll learn something…