Today’s Great VC Post is from our former colleague Bill Burnham of Inductive Capital. He has a nice summary of 10 considerations for raising venture capital if you aren’t already tied into the the fundraising network. I’d make a few comments regarding what Bill says: 1. I can’t agree with him more about generating a PowerPoint […]
Q: What is your view on venture debt? A: (Jason) I like Venture Debt under the right scenarios. Companies can fund themselves through debt much more cheaply than equity in most situations and debt can help smooth receivables lumpiness, provide equipment financing and a host of other useful things. I think Venture Debt sometimes gets […]
Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has today’s Great VC post titled Asymmetric risk and the dangers of too high a valuation. Before you dismiss this post as self-serving VC tripe, read it carefully as it contains several gems that are worth considering when you are raising money. Jeremy’s goal in the post – as […]
My partner Seth Levine has today’s VC blog post of the day titled You’re burning too much money. While early stage companies often miss their revenue plan, there’s no particularly good reason why they should miss their expense plan since they have 100% control over it. However, some do, while others set it way too […]
Q: It seems that many VCs do angel deals on the side. For early stage (or even mid stage) VCs, how is this justified to their LPs? Wouldn’t VCs have the ability to select the best deals for their own cash and leave the LPs to invest later (through the fund) on at a higher […]
Q: I and a couple of other 40-somethings have a great idea for a new Web 2.0 start-up. Our problem is that none of us can afford to give up our day jobs to bootstrap a start-up. In fact, our Web 2.0 idea would be a direct competitor to our current employers so we cannot, […]
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