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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). People also buy for defensive reasons or ego but that’s a different story.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

Eventually, that vacuum was filled with capital gained even earlier than the Seed round — i.e., “pre-seed.”. In order for a company to attract a full Seed round ($2M – $3M), that company needs to show an almost completed product, an advanced prototype, or some kind of traction/demand metrics.

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Net and VC Loyalty

BeyondVC

Robert Scoble has asked the VCs to respond to an eWeek article titled Is.Net Failing to Draw Venture Capital Loyalty? There is not much for me to add to this article as we all know that the only loyalty VCs have is to their Limited Partners to generate long-term capital gains.

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