Over the past two and half months I worked as a financial analyst intern at a consumer-focused venture capital firm. During the time I spent doing research and analysis, assisting portfolio companies, helping with due diligence and generating fundraising flow for the firm, I caught a glimpse of some of the big trends happening in…

I travelled to San Diego during one weekend to visit my friend. This week, I want to introduce some fun places to go in San Diego. San Diego is a city with a lot of history and culture, and at the same time it’s also a very modern city. In other words, there are many…

I feel excited to share my travel story of my San Francisco trip with you this week. During these two months I went to a lot of places with my friends from this program. It is my first time visited this city and was thrilled to have a few months to explore, shop and eat….

Time passing so quickly in my days in San Francisco, there’s only three weeks left before I fly back to Pittsburgh. This week, I am going to talk about my personal issues based on my experience of working in San Francisco. There’s not much cultural differences affected my interactions with the citizens of the country,…

Fred Wilson, an American businessman and Venture Capitalist, said “Venture capital is about capturing the value between the start-up phase and the public company phase.” This quote very much encapsulates the essence of Venture Capitalism. Venture capitalists (VC) are investors who see potential for good returns on investment (ROI) in certain early stage companies and…

I still remember the very moment the 16-year-old me had just landed in New York City from China with nothing but two 50 lb suitcases: the bustling noise of the busy streets, the different, diverse looks of NYC pedestrians, the bright yet fierce glare of the summer sun…everything felt new, strange, a bit terrifying except…

My company is a venture capital firm focused on early stage fund that invests in female led consumer internet and mobile startups. We focus on investing in startups that have with a female founder or who are active in female dominant marketplaces. We target early stage investments (seed and pre-seed) in the consumer lifestyle sector…

The San Francisco Bay Area is famous for its long history of leadership in computing, semi- conductors, software, biotechnology, the Internet and other innovation-based industries. But what makes it unique, beyond its talent base and access to capital? What exactly is the often celebrated “West Coast culture of innovation”? The relationship between the overall environment…

San Francisco and Silicon Valley to the south have been home to innovation, more specifically, the area has become synonymous with technological innovation. Today, companies like HP, Intel, Apple, Google, eBay, Cisco, Oracle, Genentech, and Facebook call San Francisco and the Valley home. So, too, do the venture capital and law firms that have made…