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Jeff Bussgang has today’s great post up titled Let’s Play "Blame The VC." It’s something that regularly confounds VCs and entrepreneurs alike. The punch line: "Then, when you don’t get funding, play "blame the VC". Tell all your friends that those risk-averse idiots wouldn’t know a good deal if it hit them in the face. […]
Jeff Bussgang has today’s great post up titled Let’s Play "Blame The VC." It’s something that regularly confounds VCs and entrepreneurs alike. The punch line:
"Then, when you don’t get funding, play "blame the VC". Tell all your friends that those risk-averse idiots wouldn’t know a good deal if it hit them in the face. And especially the ones in [insert your geography here]."
Jeff does a good job – in a relatively self-deprecating way – of dissecting this endless discussion.
Today’s great post is from Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners titled Litigation as a negotiating strategy. It’s an email interview between Jeremy and Andrew Bridges of Winston Strawn about litigation. While Andrew demonstrates his pithiness with his quip “litigation sucks” he digs down deep in answering a few of Jeremy’s pointed questions about litigation […]
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 […]
Today’s best post of the day is from Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital. Most of Josh’s posts are winners and Nothing to Lose (or Risk Tolerance is a Competitive Weapon) provides some great insights into the impact of risk tolerance during the 2000 downturn and how PayPal used it as a competitive weapon against eBay.
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