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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

Picking a VC is hard. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. You want a VC who will spar with you but then STFU and let you get on with things.

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Once again: Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? A more complex answer.

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Once again: Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? A more complex answer.

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Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. This is just a quick summary.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

InfoChachkie

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. 6) Naval, why does the startup world need AngelList and Venture Hacks? . “As Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. We are productizing the raising of capital for startups. ”.

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