VC Funding

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Need to raise a smaller VC round, say 1-2M, see this list

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

I asked a friend Bill Romans to recommend to me smaller VC funds that like to offer smaller amounts of funding and are happy to work with $1-2M and variations around that level.

These guys are VCs but tend…

Great advice on pitching VCs…common mistakes and how to avoid them

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Tim Ferriss has had the foresight to ask some of the presenters at this years TiE conference (TiE’s annual conference on entrepreneurship, TiECON 2009 May 15/16) some very useful questions:

What is the best pitch meeting that

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Check your business plan measures up to "business school" standard before you send it out to investors

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

As you may know I work extensively with 3 of the World’s Top 10 business schools and I regularly have to help MBA’s work on their business plans. In working with them I help them shape their plans and…

Finding the right VC investor…now is more important than ever!

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Below is the presentation given during by Adeo Ressi at Web 2.0 in New York. The talk focuses on helping companies find the “right” investor, versus just any interested party.

It’s a very useful deck and from a…

More VC training on pitching and presenting

Monday, November 17th, 2008

In my other blog posts on this matter I have said a few times that really what you are trying to do once you have got in the door is to have a sensible, logical and easy to understand…

Making your venture more fundable by removing potential red flags

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

This is another question I have had to deal with and have got asked in the past. How do you structure a business, or hire or develop a startup in a way not to turn off the VC’s at…

Even more advice on presenting to investors…preparation is key

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

You must know what they say about the 5 P’s, preparation prevents "piss poor" performance!

THE PREPARATION PROCESS:

Identify the 3-5 key points you want the audience to remember. These will inevitably be the key points of the investment…

The current economy…the Silver Lining

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

With every cloud comes a silver lining…right!

I am glad I am not alone in this thinking and this week a friend and my US lawyer John Montgomery sent me and others in his circle an uplifting memo that…

What Compensation Should You Give Your Team, according to the VC?

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

I found this useful feedback to a question I often get here, Matt McCall of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners lays out a useful set of numbers he thinks are correct as a VC for 2008.…

Why startup pitches fail

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Interesting spin on the VC pitch at Venture Hacks by Eric Ries, a founder of IMVU and an advisor to Kleiner Perkins (He’s also a really nice and modest guy!):