Finding a new partner for a venture firm bears more than a slight resemblance to finding a spouse. While indeed not as essential to life as a spouse, it may well be a person you spend more time with and talk to more than your spouse. It's a high stakes quest. Last April, I set out on such a quest to bring a new partner into our firm, High Peaks Venture Partners. To maximize the chances of success, I decided to make a totally open casting call with a blog post I wrote back in April. The motivation for that was simple — I couldn’t afford to engage an expensive search firm ... Read More