Q: At a pub in Los Gatos, CA a casual conversation with some young, first time entrepreneurs lead to an interesting comment: "…the business plan outlines our estimated (operational) expenses but how do I know an investor is not going to look at these numbers and say…’are you f’ing kidding me’ and right then and […]
Today’s post is from Matt Eventoff – a communications consultant who has good tips for entrepreneurs who are pitching VCs. I reinforce that having a clear message is really important. If you get off on the wrong foot in a presentation and can’t clearly definite your value proposition, you risk losing the interest of the […]
The 2009 New York Venture Summit is happening on June 17th at Digital Sandbox in New York City. The summit will feature 50 early stage and emerging growth companies as presenters, interactive panel discussions and lots of networking. The agenda looks strong as does the speaker list. The cost for investors or entrepreneurs is only […]
Furqan Nazeeri put up a post titled 2009 Startup Executive Compensation Survey Opens. It in he points to a compensation study produced by J. Robert Scott, Ernst & Young, and WilmerHale in collaboration with Dr. Noam Wasserman, Professor at the Harvard Business School. CompStudy covers more than 25,000 executives at 5,000 companies and is the […]
I (Jason) get asked often how I got into venture capital and how interested folks may get involved as well. I always tell them that I "fell" into the job, as most folks that I know who are VCs and that everyone has a different and unique story. I then point them to my partner […]
Q: Can you please address the issue of estimating Addressable Market when the product or service is trying to solve an emerging problem and opportunity that is about to hit in the near future. For example, FeedBurner raised money long before bloggers were convinced that feed management could use some professional help and long before […]
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