Question: Please describe a typical day of a venture capitalist. (Brad) The short answer is that I don’t have one. However, I’m sure that’s not very satisfying, especially for those of you out there with voyeristic tenancies. So – I’ll use Monday as a typical day. In the spirit of 24, I’ll leave out the […]
Dave Naffzinger – VP at Judy’s Book and previously a co-founder of Quova has started a series of posts on stock options. His first one is titled Startup Stock Options: ISOs vs. NSOs. Excellent stuff if you are an entrepreneur.
Q: What tips do you have for startups who aren’t in any of the usual vc hotspots like the Valley, NYC, or Boston? Some people believe that the real estate adage “location, location, location” is sacrosanct when starting a company. While there is no doubt that it is easier to find your way in a […]
Question: I’ve done angel investing for the past 8 years. I most often invest with people I don’t know or am referred to. I have invested a few times with friends and it has always been hard to be tough on them as a shareholder, so I’ve stopped which is too bad since I have […]
The FeedBurner Venture Capital Network has expanded to 71 bloggers (with a reach over over 200,000 daily subscribers) by the addition of Todd Jacquez-Fissori. I’ve known Todd since he lived in Boulder and worked at Boulder Ventures – he’s now at Siemens Venture Capital and has started a new blog titled The Outright VC. Welcome […]
Once again we have a guest blog from Will Price at Hummer Winblad. We appreciate Will’s efforts in both writing a post on planning for M&A as well as introducing some MBA-speak into AsktheVC (hint: BATNA). Question: How do you plan for M&A? Trying to build our company, thus far we went the regular path […]
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