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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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What price? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.” So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. It’s a Demo Day thing.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. I guess if you’re in high-volume, low-differentiation mode perhaps this is efficient for you. I don’t.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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What price? The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.” So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. It’s a Demo Day thing.