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Founders and Venture Capitalists: Not on the Same Page

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I was the co founder of Intel Capital and Vice President of Business Development at Intel.  I left in 1999 to  advise companies, sit on corporate boards and invest in early stage companies for my own account.  While many considered me as a venture capitalist (for instance I was listed as number eight in the … Continue reading →

Avram's Past / Intel

Intel Capital: A Financial Success and a Strategic Failure-A Point of View from the Co-Founder

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When Les Vadasz and I started Intel Capital in 1991 (I had already been doing minority investments since 1988), we had three objectives: We believed, correctly, that by working with early-stage companies we could gather important insight into future opportunities and challenges. That part was true, but our inability to use this information to inform … Continue reading →