VC
Using an Investment Broker When You’re Outside the Valley
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Ask the VC has an interesting counter post by Donna Murdoch of KeyStone Equities that is worth a read.
Donna’s letter is in response to Jason’s post “Are there Venture Capital Brokers?“.
Donna’s post, and I think the point is very well taken, is that in the Valley where the ins and outs of venture financing are […]
Starting Up 2.0
Monday, April 16th, 2007ConversionRater.com has a presentation that was given at Web 2.0 Expo titled, “Starting Up 2.0: Strategies for Pitching, Financing and Growing Your Web 2.0 Startup” with Jeff Clavier of SoftTechVC and Rob Hayes of First Round Capital.
The points really are very simple:
The Idea
The Team
The Company
The First Money
The Pitch
The VC Process
The Funding Process
The End of the […]
The Venture Process When You’re Outside the Valley (Part II)
Saturday, April 14th, 2007Securing an investment:
This is the second installment to my “The Venture Process When You’re Outside the Valley” string. You can find the first post here. (Adam wrote a great follow-on post on how to get your foot in the door which is worth a read.) In this post, I’ll discuss the […]
Networking VCs
Monday, April 9th, 2007 In Part I of Sarah’s look at the venture capital process outside of Silicon Valley, she introduced the importance of “getting your foot in the door”. This critical first step can seem like an uphill battle – especially when you are disconnected from other technology startups, entrepreneurs and major VCs.
Early stage investor Guy […]
The Venture Process When You’re Outside the Valley (Part I)
Monday, April 9th, 2007Given that this blog is called Outside the Valley, it is worth chatting about the venture process when you’re, well, outside the valley. So let’s tackle it: If you’re not in the valley, what role does location play when a VC is evaluating your company as a potential investment?
First of all, it goes […]
Are VCs Getting Desperate?
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Jeff Cornwall of The Entrepreneurial Mind posted an article today asking if VCs have over sold their funds. It seems that this was released just a short time ago on TechJournalSouth:
On Friday, April 20, I would like to invite ANY person that wants to meet to come by our office in Raleigh, NC. You can […]
A VC Guide For Realistic Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Seth Godin posts about the things you should consider when looking for VC money. A few items from the list…
1. Investors like to invest in categories they’ve already invested in. If your business is so new that it’s never been tested before, or is in a category VCs hate, think twice.
2. Investors […]
