One of the regular questions we get is “how do I become a venture capitalist.” As there isn’t a well defined industry standard job description for “venture capitalist”, we thought it’d be useful to reach into the deep, dark, musty blog archives and reprint a post on How to become a venture capitalist – with minor edits […]
Question: How does the VC community deal with open source? I am working on an embedded device that can be built either way, open or closed. This decision is complicated since our group (due to past successes) is capable of funding the first few rounds internally. We won’t need external VC until the last round […]
One of the questions that we get the most is “How many percentage points of my equity should I give to a VC wanting to invest X dollars in my company?” The answer definitely falls into the “it depends” category, but our friends at Cooley Godward Kronish have a great report on what some general […]
Question: We have recently discovered that our business partner is an alcoholic. He is integral to our business and we need to find him help. He’s been to a couple of AA meetings, but doesn’t like the “atmosphere.” Any recommendations? I don’t expect you to provide recommendations for treatment facilities. However I am interested in […]
Question: Valuation is often one of the first questions VC’s ask of companies seeking capital. It seems that VC firms have their own way of doing a down and dirty estimate of the companies value. Will you share some of the common “quick ways” they arrive at the companies value? The short answer is “no […]
Question: We’re a profitable bootstrap NOT looking for institutional funding. Periodically we get inquiries from VC associates. Is there any reason we should or shouldn’t talk to them? Assuming they have plenty of deal flow, and we haven’t been introduced, why would they even bother? Our Take: If you are profitable bootstrap company and people […]
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