So you want to be an Entrepreneur Blog » VC Funding http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog How to decide if starting a business is really for you Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:39:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Need to raise a smaller VC round, say 1-2M, see this list http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/need-to-raise-a-smaller-vc-round-say-1-2m-see-this-list/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/need-to-raise-a-smaller-vc-round-say-1-2m-see-this-list/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 19:54:00 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/need-to-raise-a-smaller-vc-round-say-1-2m-see-this-list/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/need-to-raise-a-smaller-vc-round-say-1-2m-see-this-list/feed/ 0 Great advice on pitching VCs…common mistakes and how to avoid them http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-advice-on-pitching-vcscommon-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-advice-on-pitching-vcscommon-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:43:29 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-advice-on-pitching-vcscommon-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/ 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

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-advice-on-pitching-vcscommon-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/feed/ 0 Check your business plan measures up to "business school" standard before you send it out to investors http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/check-your-business-plan-measures-up-to-business-school-standard-before-you-send-it-out-to-investors/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/check-your-business-plan-measures-up-to-business-school-standard-before-you-send-it-out-to-investors/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:12:48 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/check-your-business-plan-measures-up-to-business-school-standard-before-you-send-it-out-to-investors/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/check-your-business-plan-measures-up-to-business-school-standard-before-you-send-it-out-to-investors/feed/ 0 Finding the right VC investor…now is more important than ever! http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/finding-the-right-vc-investornow-is-more-important-than-ever/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/finding-the-right-vc-investornow-is-more-important-than-ever/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:47:13 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/finding-the-right-vc-investornow-is-more-important-than-ever/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/finding-the-right-vc-investornow-is-more-important-than-ever/feed/ 0 More VC training on pitching and presenting http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/more-vc-training-on-pitching-and-presenting/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/more-vc-training-on-pitching-and-presenting/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:49:41 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/more-vc-training-on-pitching-and-presenting/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/more-vc-training-on-pitching-and-presenting/feed/ 0 Making your venture more fundable by removing potential red flags http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/making-your-venture-more-fundable-by-removing-potential-red-flags/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/making-your-venture-more-fundable-by-removing-potential-red-flags/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:47:09 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/making-your-venture-more-fundable-by-removing-potential-red-flags/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/making-your-venture-more-fundable-by-removing-potential-red-flags/feed/ 0 Even more advice on presenting to investors…preparation is key http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/even-more-advice-on-presenting-to-investorspreparation-is-key/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/even-more-advice-on-presenting-to-investorspreparation-is-key/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:55:34 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/even-more-advice-on-presenting-to-investorspreparation-is-key/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/even-more-advice-on-presenting-to-investorspreparation-is-key/feed/ 1 The current economy…the Silver Lining http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-current-economythe-silver-lining/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-current-economythe-silver-lining/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:37:55 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-current-economythe-silver-lining/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-current-economythe-silver-lining/feed/ 0 What Compensation Should You Give Your Team, according to the VC? http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-compensation-should-you-give-your-team-according-to-the-vc/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-compensation-should-you-give-your-team-according-to-the-vc/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:01:59 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-compensation-should-you-give-your-team-according-to-the-vc/ 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…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/what-compensation-should-you-give-your-team-according-to-the-vc/feed/ 0 Why startup pitches fail http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/why-startup-pitches-fail/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/why-startup-pitches-fail/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:55:08 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/why-startup-pitches-fail/ 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!):

eric ries Why startup pitches fail

Summary: Pitches

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