Q: I am the co-founder of a startup that is currently in the process of trying to raise an early stage venture round. We recently brought on an advisor who has been incredibly successful in our space and has made introductions to dozens of potential partners and VC firms where he is an investor. He […]
So today’s "great post" comes from er… me. :) Okay, so my partner Ryan and I did a podcast last week with Larry Nelson of W3W3 and our conversation covered both the intellectual property and patent issues we’ve faced as investors in high-technology companies. We definitely have a love/hate (ok, mostly hate) relationship with patents, […]
Q: What I haven’t seen among the blogs, and what I’m hoping you can shed some light on, is how early stage companies go about finding and attracting the right talent. It’d be interesting to hear from you (probably in blog form, I’d reckon) about how the companies you invest in find their talent. Do […]
Bill Burnham has today’s best VC blog of the day titled 4 Things to Do After You Get Your First Term Sheet. As a special bonus, the second best VC blog of the day is Fred Wilson’s post titled From Messes To Successes. Fred had a post in him titled "From Moths to Butterflies" but […]
Q: How important is having a partner? As a sole entrepreneur that’s investigating venture capital, is having a partner typically required? What are the justifications to requiring a partner? If I pursue a venture capital firm without a partner or team, is that a show-stopper? Can I explain that finding a partner is difficult, or […]
Q: Does having an H1B founder (among other non-H1B founders) inherently prevent a startup from being funded? For example, what if a U.S. citizen creates the company which receives funding, and then applies for the H1B founder to join as a regular employee and then issue a founder-sized portion of the company stock? One possible […]
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