VCs Blogging and Tweeting

Jeff Bussgang, whose blog has been a source of inspiration for me over the years, has a post on VCs blogging. There seems to be a bit of controversy over the issue, as you can see in the comments of the post, and its re-blogs at PEHub and Business Week.

As a VC who blogs and tweets, let me come out with my reasons.

Record of Thoughts: My blog is a personal note pad. I find it useful to be able to browse over a record, albeit public, of my thoughts on certain topics and how they have evolved over time.
Discussion Arena: I use Sortipreneur, even with its small audience, as a useful discussion environment. Through my blog and my tweets, I am able to interact with a community where many members are smarter than me. I use it to ask questions, test ideas and, sometimes, provoke.
Newsfeed: My blog often works as the News tab for me. I use it to announce investments, events, etc. that may be relevant or interesting to the Turkish startup community.
Education: Probably the most selfish reason for my blog is that it helps me educate my consitutents and help me do my job easier. I can communicate what type of deals I am interested in, the VC structure, the deal process, etc.

After about four and a half years of blogging, I can say I have benefited a lot from the activity. I beleive ideas grow thorough sharing and a blog is a great vehicle for that.

9 thoughts on “VCs Blogging and Tweeting”

Thanks for the kind comments and the expansion of the points I tried to make in my blog. Your point about learning from your audience is a great one – I should definitely have included that! Keep up the great work! Good to know that I have a friend in Turkey. 🙂

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