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src="https://strictlyvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/26348668553_a9a8e9a241_k-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7975" style="aspect-ratio:1.4981711777615216;width:466px;height:auto" srcset="https://strictlyvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/26348668553_a9a8e9a241_k-1.jpg 2048w, https://strictlyvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/26348668553_a9a8e9a241_k-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://strictlyvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/26348668553_a9a8e9a241_k-1.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https://strictlyvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/26348668553_a9a8e9a241_k-1.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https://strictlyvc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/26348668553_a9a8e9a241_k-1.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></figure> <p> My name is Connie Loizos, and I write about venture capital and startups here at StrictlyVC as well as in my role as GM and Editor-in-Chief of  <a href="http://techcrunch.com/about/">TechCrunch</a>, whose parent company, Yahoo, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/08/29/techcrunch-acquires-strictlyvc-connie-loizos">acquired</a> StrictlyVC in September 2023. (We’re all hyphenates these days, aren’t we?)</p> <p>Before founding StrictlyVC in late 2013, I was a senior editor at Thomson Reuters, where I wrote thousands of news stories, columns, and profiles for a number of the company’s properties. Before joining Thomson Reuters in 2007, I covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News, and before joining the Merc, I held staff positions at Dow Jones, Time Inc., and Crain Communications. I’ve also written freelance articles for <a href="https://id.barrons.com/access/pages/barrons/us/login_standalone.html?mg=inert-barrons&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.barrons.com%2Fdocuments%2Fbarrons20040830.htm">Barron’s</a>, <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/41745/does-adam-simms-have-sale">Fast Company</a>, <a href="http://upstart.bizjournals.com/executives/features/2008/09/18/CNET-Founder-Halsey-Minor-Profile.html?page=all">Portfolio</a>, and <a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20011101/23623.html">Inc.;</a> authored a couple of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Free-Addiction-Yourself-Embracing-Recovery/dp/0230606113">books</a>; and remain an emeritus member of the <a href="http://www.sfgrotto.org/">San Francisco’s Writer’s Grotto</a>.</p> <p>I began covering venture capital and startups at the original Red Herring magazine, which I joined in 1996 and still remember fondly.</p> <p>On a personal note, I live in the Bay Area with my husband, our sons, and one exceedingly bossy terrier, and suffer mightily whenever my hometown teams lose. 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