Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2017
You have cash in the bank, a monthly burn rate and a “cash out” date that few in the company truly comprehend. But if you work your entrepreneur network, talk with lawyers who do a ton of startup deals, ask existing investors, etc. When you run a startup you’re always on borrowed time. It sounds like a lot to know — and it is.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 13, 2013
And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” It was all technical.
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VC Cafe
APRIL 27, 2011
Despite the VC’s obvious disadvantage in the early stages, marketing and differentiation of venture capital funds is limited today. VCs should aim to provide comprehensive data to their portcos on industry benchmarks, burn rates, market research, competitive analysis, etc. Be the facilitator of informal meet-ups.
Professor VC
OCTOBER 11, 2010
Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. Venture News. ProfessorVC.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. tl;dr summary.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 1, 2010
My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. People told me that it was unfair or too easy for me to raise angel capital because I was already tapped into a network of investors. I was there, too. That’s why recruiters make so much coin.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 6, 2012
Start networking. Skip the recruiting agents who hover in these networks – they don’t usually represent you well, and often antagonize the startups with aggressive selling. Skip the recruiting agents who hover in these networks – they don’t usually represent you well, and often antagonize the startups with aggressive selling.
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