Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
Getting Exits / Driving LP Returns: This was always the knock on me. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. I’ve now been involved with many other successful foll0w-on financings. So I think it’s now fair to rate me at 9/10 on follow-on fundings. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 28, 2014
On paper, only one is in positive return territory as a fund, but the SBIC leverage is a substantial negative factor for the LP investors in that particular fund. As a partner in one of the most visible VC firms in Colorado and an LP in many of the Colorado VC firms, I’ve never heard from Matthew or anyone from the SBIC.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “ Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. Signal is a fundraising tool for founders run by NFX Guild, which identifies the most relevant VCs for you. . 3) Originate investments.
The Equity Kicker
JULY 8, 2019
The other most common focus areas for platform teams are to employ talent and PR/marketing experts who give advice to portfolio companies on strategy in these areas and have relationships and discounts with pre-vetted agencies who can deliver the work. The GP-LP structure used by most funds is a brake on innovation here too.
Rob Go
DECEMBER 13, 2016
” Surprisingly, this isn’t just an LP kind of question, I actually get this a lot from founders or even just friends who are not directly involved in the startup community. Most people realize that we are no longer in the days where VC’s can hang back and just wait for great entrepreneurs to knock on their doors.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. You’ll never make a great entrepreneur. So your journey to fund raising begins by strengthening your relationships with other entrepreneurs.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 29, 2011
.&# Surprisinly, this strategy works well with many entrepreneurs. It’s as though we forgot the management mantra of the 90′s about “core competencies&# or the most common VC advice to entrepreneurs: Focus. I doubt this will end well for those VCs or for the entrepreneurs they backed. Funny, that.
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