InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

The data consistently confirms that: (i) venture capitalists are typically not adventuresome, and (ii) most startups lack the three intoxicating factors which cause venture capitalists to pull out their checkbooks. Thanks Mr. Big Firm VC. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2018

Lesson: Creating something from nothing is intoxicating and contagious. In a pivotal scene from his book Start-up , Jerry Kaplan describes how he mesmerized a group of jaded Kleiner Perkins VCs by throwing his leather portfolio onto a conference table and dramatically describing it as a handheld device that could digitize handwriting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. get out and raise money now because when markets change they change on a dime and capital completely dries.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In He was stuck on capital raising. They are intoxicating, complex, insightful and tell a great story. I think many VCs have learned this the hard way when they step in to temporarily run companies as I have seen happen.

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