Community Lead Investor Reputation Silicon Valley 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 7, 2015
” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. And from Nancy Hua … “Too many angels can also hurt a start-up and be taken as an indication that a company is not strong enough to attract any one “lead” investor, said Ms.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 9, 2020
I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. 5:01) Brian's thoughts on the human dimension to his approach and how that sets him apart in Silicon Valley. (6:06) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23)
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reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
The key problem with existing technologies was adverse selection, specifically concerning the incentives of participants and the reputation systems: In the yellow pages, people wanted to be found but the way they represented themselves had nothing to do with how good they were. Steer into your investors’ objections. It has reputation.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2011
Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs. There is no secret, just a lot of hard work and screening of both startups and investors. All investors must be accredited with a couple of deals already under their belt.
Professor VC
OCTOBER 20, 2009
The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I have been following the rallying cry of entrepreneurs with some amusement over the past couple of weeks in response to a blog post by Jason Calacanis, " Why Start-ups Shouldnt have to pay to pitch angel investors." In how many of those were you a lead investor? ProfessorVC.
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