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 to be more boutique or...
Read MoreTim 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...
Read MoreAs 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 eventually I...
Read MoreBelow 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...
Read MoreIn 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 dialog that hits the right buttons –...
Read MoreThis 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 a later stage. You have to consider the...
Read MoreYou 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...
Read MoreI 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. I thought I would lay out...
Read MoreInteresting 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!): Summary: Pitches usually fail because they answer the wrong...
Read MoreIn the August Issue of Entrepreneur magazine they had an interesting article that lists the "most active" early stage VC investors. For those trying to get funded this is an important distinction, why? because those...
Read MoreIn a previous post I gave you my take on raising funds in 2008 from the VC community, this was drawn from VCs I know and other entrepreneurs: Permanent Link to Important things to know about VC funding in 2008 In it I am told...
Read MoreChoose the right “time” of the year to visit VCs The VC industry is seasonal. Don’t try and raise funds from VC between thanksgiving and January or during the summer months. Its hard for VCs to get their teams...
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