The introductory conversation between a venture capitalist and a potential investment company is too crucial to allow these six roadblocks to get in the way.
Read Full Article about 6 Common Roadblocks to a Productive Introductory ConversationVCs want to see growth before we can invest, and you need the investment before you can show growth. How do we get out of this cycle?
Read Full Article about VC Investment: The Classic Case of the Chicken and the EggYou’ve put in the work. By the 23rd iteration, you feel your deck is ready. The assumptions and drivers in your financial model are up to date and make sense. You’ve had countless conversations with advisors, board members, your management team, and others who you look to for advice. You feel that you are finally ready…
Read Full Article about Turned Down By a VC? Don’t Take It the Wrong WayIn shopping around for capital investment for your company, it’s best to have a wide dollar range so as to accommodate all types of investment firms, right? Guess again.
Read Full Article about When Raising Capital, Size Does Matter!I don’t pretend to know much about the public markets, so when my seven-year-old son asked me about “the stock market” this past summer, I did what I always do – I turned to Google. I pulled up Google Finance and we started plugging away. I asked, “what companies are you interested in investing in?” …
Read Full Article about How My 7-Year-Old Beat the Stock Market!It’s a fact: VCs love data. Many love data so much that they are even focusing some of their investing effort into finding businesses that help corral much of the large amounts of unstructured data that exists today in order to make it more usable. I think there are already some really interesting businesses doing…
Read Full Article about More Data, Please: Understanding How to Track SuccessAs a venture capital associate, I’m privileged to speak with entrepreneurs every day about their businesses. In over three years of conversations, I’ve had the chance to speak with all kinds of founders. I’ve spoken with CEOs of varying ages (from the kid who started his business in his dorm room to the 75-year-old third-generation…
Read Full Article about 10 Concepts Many Successful Entrepreneurs Have MasteredMy first blog. Finally. In my first month here at OpenView, I’ve learned a ton, met some great people, and had a lot of fun. But there was one thing I was dreading – writing my first blog. I’ve never blogged before and was a bit intimidated by the thought of it. What would I…
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