Framework Guide Technical Review Venture Capital 
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 29, 2022
These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Here are the key elements of the strengths framework they have developed, with my own insights and experience added for your consideration: Money: the capital you have, or can easily raise.
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should a VC invest? There are VCs who get a string of wins that is far from chance. Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Let’s set up a framework. ” Stay lean and only raise a big round if you DO find product / market fit and which point you want to loosen the belt quickly and raise the capital to do so. .” You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. Mostly, I don’t believe that a VC not being on AngelList is “anti entrepreneur&# – it is not.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 17, 2011
I want to know how many people, their level of tech sophistication, their age and their interests. And if we’re reflective, it’s also one of the most important success criteria for investors, senior executives, tech writers and virtually anybody involved in business leadership. So I thought I would. That’s a shame.
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