Chicago Demand Partner Valuation 
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Entrepreneurs need to hit a happy medium with backers, not giving away too much but not making overly aggressive demands. “And if you have a valuation cap; a higher cap is always better than a lower cap.” ” The Cost of Financing.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
Of partner? It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Picking a VC is hard. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit. Reputation of firm? Deals done in your industry?
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The Next Web
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. One of the questions I get, more often than not, is what is the appropriate valuation of my business. Supply and demand. The more scarce a supply (e.g., Your industry.
Eric Friedman
AUGUST 18, 2021
He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. with Honors) in International Relations from the University of Chicago where he won numerous awards. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. As a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, what gets me up in the morning is the work I do serving and coaching young entrepreneurs. Exclusion demands discipline, but it’s the best path forward. Values Are More Important Than Valuation.
Austin Startup
MAY 11, 2018
And yet, on one deal we were pretty much ready to sign one day when the founder kept calling and calling until my partner and I were just begging for him to stop. It is just a simple matter of supply and demand, nothing personal. Don’t bring up valuation unless I ask first. Seems like a simple thing, right?
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
And yet, on one deal we were pretty much ready to sign one day when the founder kept calling and calling until my partner and I were just begging for him to stop. It is just a simple matter of supply and demand, nothing personal. Don’t bring up valuation unless I ask first. Seems like a simple thing, right?
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