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Bio-IT World April 2006 Michael A. Greeley |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly VCs will not support a sector where consistent compelling exits are not evident. Unfortunately, the bio-IT field still suffers from this.  |
Inc. May 1, 2010 Bobbie Gossage |
An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital Financing Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded.  |
Inc. March 1, 2010 |
Staying Light on Your Toes Venture capitalist Mark Suster discusses the power of charisma and the ability to listen.  |
Bio-IT World Jul/Aug 2006 Michael A. Greeley |
Monsoon of Capital The private equity markets, both venture capital and growth equity, while characterized by a number of established firms, continue to struggle with how best to finance early-stage, risky bio-IT companies.  |
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Michael Greeley |
The Upside of the Downturn Biotech entrepreneurs need to rethink how they raise capital and craft business model frameworks.  |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Guy Kawasaki |
Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists Here's a look at the meanings behind what VCs say.  |
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
VC Resurgence Breathes More Life into IT Venture capitalists are raising and investing money again. What are they looking for and where?  |
Entrepreneur May 2007 Robert Kiyosaki |
Sell Swell You can snag the investors, employees and customers you need if you know how to sell.  |
Entrepreneur July 2010 Gwen Moran |
The Voices of Venture Capital 4 leading venture capitalists offer their takes on the ups and downs of VC investment, what captures their attention and the best ways to seek out VC money.  |
Inc. February 2006 Darren Dahl |
Facing the Capital Gap There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money?  |
Bio-IT World Dec 2005/Jan 2006 Michael A. Greeley |
Infinite Demand for the Unavailable The bio-IT field is once again attracting venture capital, but at a more moderate, deliberate pace than the euphoria of the late 1990s.  |
Bio-IT World June 2005 Michael A. Greeley |
Who Wants to Be a VC? The objective is to stay relevant to a venture firm while the industry contracts. Develop the case that you can help create great companies (and great returns) because you have built a Rolodex and an ability to identify patterns of success.  |
Entrepreneur September 2007 Chris Penttila |
I Spy a Secret Got a skeleton in your closet? Bring it out before seeking VC. Be forewarned, before VCs invest in you, they'll probably investigate you. But hey, you can investigate them right back.  |
Entrepreneur May 2005 John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital.  |
Inc. October 2006 Chafkin & Gossage |
Need Money? The private financial markets are dynamic and at times difficult to navigate. A report on the latest trends.  |
Entrepreneur April 2010 Brad Feld |
Know When to Walk Away Don't ask venture capitalists for referrals if they say they're not interested.  |
Entrepreneur May 2003 C.J. Prince |
Ray of Hope? VCs are optimistic about the coming year but are still holding on to their purse strings.  |
BusinessWeek August 14, 2008 Jeffrey Bussgang |
Think Like a VC, Act Like An Entrepreneur Getting employees to adopt both an entrepreneur's bias for action and a venture capitalist's talent for hard-nosed analysis is a challenge. But no one said excellence was easy.  |
Entrepreneur November 2003 David Worrell |
The Big Guns Getting corporate investors on your side can certainly boost your business. Learn how corporate venture capitalists think -- and how to set your sights on landing one.  |
Fast Company December 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
She Knows How to Play the Game The startup revolution is as much about the democratization of capital as it is about the creation of new technologies. So why do women-led companies still receive only 4.6% of all venture funding?  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Stuck & Weingarten |
How Venture Capital Thwarts Innovation The tech bubble saw an explosion of VC-funded start-ups, but has more funding brought more innovation or less? You may be shocked, as they were, by what these researchers found.  |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Brad Feld |
VC vs. Angel Money: A Primer Don't blow a financing opportunity by approaching the wrong source.  |
Entrepreneur July 2003 Lefteroff et al. |
The Thrill of the Chase Nowadays, it seems venture capitalists are an endangered species, but your chances of finding VC funding are better than you think. We'll help you track down investors with our 3rd Annual VC 100.  |
BusinessWeek December 31, 2008 |
How to Refurbish the U.S. Tech Industry A prescription for fixing the country's technology innovation machine.  |
CIO June 15, 2005 Christopher Lindquist |
Speed Dating for Startup Dollars The software industry group's annual Investment Conference for Private Companies focuses on small software companies eager for funding from an attentive audience of venture capitalists. For IT people, it offers a quick look at technologies that could prove valuable to their companies.  |
Inc. September 2007 Max Chafkin |
Who's Behind TheFunded.com? A new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs.  |
HBS Working Knowledge January 26, 2004 Stark & Lagace |
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital What is it like today for women entrepreneurs in their quest for venture capital funding? In an interview, Harvard professor Myra M. Hart shares her latest research and ideas.  |
Inc. July 2006 Darren Dahl |
CEOs Are From Mars, VCs Are From Venus It's official: CEOs ans VCs see everything differently.  |
Entrepreneur December 2002 C.J. Prince |
No Mercy Are VCs sucking the life out of your business? Maybe you're better off without them.  |
Entrepreneur April 2009 Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance.  |
Bio-IT World December 15, 2004 Pauline Parry |
Springboard for New Companies in San Diego Long gone are the days when venture capitalists could be seduced with little more than a good idea, two smart people, and a hastily assembled PowerPoint presentation. A new program flourishing in San Diego may offer entrepreneurs hope.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2007 Tim Scannell |
Jeff Glass, Partner, Bain Capital Ventures Strength and a little luck go a long way in securing funds to topple the YouTubes of the world.  |
Salon.com July 19, 2000 Janelle Brown & Katharine Mieszkowski |
Score: Men 97, Women 3 Men entrepreneurs still receive almost all the venture capital. What will it take for women to catch up?  |
Entrepreneur January 2008 Guy Kawasaki |
Garnering Angels Sure, you may have ventured for VC, but raising angel capital takes a different kind of skill.  |
HBS Working Knowledge November 29, 2006 Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want? Entrepreneurs are often motivated by the potential of money and control, but very few ever achieve both.  |
Entrepreneur November 2001 C.J. Prince |
In-Out Privileges Is your business a revolving door for limited partners? As long as the money is there, don't worry if they come and go as they please...  |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Jeff Joseph |
Venture Populist: Terms of Engagement for Private Venture Advisors Angel and venture investors often have the option to determine to what extent they intend to contribute professionally to their new portfolio holding.  |
HBS Working Knowledge April 30, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all.  |
Bio-IT World January 13, 2003 Michael Greeley |
What Do We Do Now? Like it or not, the supply of capital is an important ingredient in the continued development of the bio-IT industry. Appreciating and understanding the forces currently at work in the VC marketplace can only help in raising capital.  |
Fast Company February 2001 Amy Wilson Sheldon |
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast CEO of DreamLabs says that taking time to think was better than moving at "Internet speed".  |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Venture Capitalists: More Caution, More Due Diligence, More Diversity Venture money is out there, but it will be staying more and more with entrepreneurs who have better grounding, better products and at least a modicum of a track record...  |
Entrepreneur December 2009 Asheesh Advani |
A New Year, a New Strategy It's not all bad news on the financing front. Here are the top trends for 2010 and how to make the most of them.  |
Entrepreneur October 2003 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
A Perfect Match? If you think an intermediary service has the quick fix you need for finding investors, take a second look.  |
Fast Company Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Guy Kawasaki |
Lies, Lies, Lies! In the quest for capital, many entrepreneurs stretch the truth. One venture capitalist calls them out.  |
Entrepreneur July 2002 Tracy T. Lefteroff |
After The Flood With the flow of VC funding slowed to a trickle, let our list of the top 100 VC funds be your divining rod.  |
Inc. December 2007 Max Chafkin |
Blogger of the Year Marc Andreessen, who co-founded Netscape, is the curator of the best entrepreneur's blog.  |
Entrepreneur May 2002 C.J. Prince |
Springing Back It's not a mirage. The end to the long VC investment dry spell is within your reach...  |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around?  |
Entrepreneur May 2002 Chris Sandlund |
The Golden Egg Regardless of what term you use to describe the current economy, the fact remains that investors are sitting on a whole lot of cash. We know -- for 2 1/2 decades, we watched them make it...  |