{"id":8046,"date":"2012-12-18T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T13:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2019-05-16T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:11:58","slug":"5-vc-holiday-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2012\/12\/5-vc-holiday-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best (or worst) VC holiday greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve often remarked how U.S. venture capital firms are miles ahead of European VCs in their strategies and execution. Mercifully, there is one so-called ‘best practice’ in Silicon Valley that has not really caught on here in Europe: the one-upmanship in releasing humorous holiday parodies.
\nHere are 5 standouts over the past decade (caveat viewer: I’m not claiming that these are good!).
\n1. Onset Ventures – for over 15 years Onset has been creating a multi-page holiday card (the only one on this list that is not a video, but included because it has become a venerable tradition in the Bay Area VC scene.
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\n<\/a> Click to see the whole card!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n2. Labrador Ventures
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\n3. First Round Capital – another perennial that turns out the most fans and haters. Here’s the 2010 version because the 2011 model is too embarrassing to post:
\n[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kmjt02LMsLI?feature=player_embedded]
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\n4. Foundry Group
\n[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SKArupEBE6Y?feature=player_embedded]
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\n5. Softbank Venture Capital – a blast from the past. This is probably my favorite for its timely relevance (Oct 2000) and its pioneering of the genre (serious props to Dan Primack<\/a> for digging this one up).
\n[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7OTLbJKkVkU?feature=player_embedded]
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\nFinally, if you think the above cannot get any worse (or you’re a glutton for punishment), I offer you your very own Rude VC’s trainwreck from two years ago:
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\nI wish all Rude Baguette readers a safe and enjoyable holiday. See you in 2013 !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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