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Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital joins Nick to discuss Market Cycles, Escalating Costs to Start Up, and the Micro VC Surge. In this episode, we cover:   In 2004 you started making angel investments in emerging Web 2.0 companies and at that time, only a handful of individuals backed entrepreneurs in the internet space…What was your first investment and how did you get involved in the space?  What's the story of the founding of SoftTech--now known as Uncork Capital.  What led to the rebrand from SoftTech to Uncork?  The investment focus/thesis of Uncork.  You mentioned...FitBit, EventBrite, and Sendgrid...it's striking how different each of these businesses are...How you are able to get conviction and understand key success factors across different sectors with different models and overall profiles?  How have the market cycles affected VC, your fund strategy, raising capital and the impact on portfolio companies?  What are the most common mistakes you see early investors making?  With the 600+ micro-VC funds now