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Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance.  |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Guy Kawasaki |
Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists Here's a look at the meanings behind what VCs say.  |
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 February 2009 Brad Feld |
VC vs. Angel Money: A Primer Don't blow a financing opportunity by approaching the wrong source.  |
Entrepreneur January 2009 Brad Feld |
Perfect Your Pitch If you want to secure venture capital, avoid these 8 mistakes.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2012 Chris Hill |
Netflix's Secret Advantage Niko Waesche is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author of the book Simply Seven: Seven Ways to Create a Sustainable Internet Business. In this video he analyzes Netflix.  |
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.  |
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. September 2007 Max Chafkin |
Who's Behind TheFunded.com? A new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs.  |
Inc. March 2007 Amy Feldman |
Putting Founders First How one VC Firm coddles its CEOs.  |
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.  |
Bio-IT World January 21, 2005 |
The Other Guy's Shoes The assessment of vendor risk is a process both investors and customers must go through. How the entrepreneur manages their questions will determine if the company gets the proper funding it needs to properly sell product.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2012 Chris Hill |
Why Microsoft's Next Act Could Be Bigger Than You Think Niko Waesche is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author. In this audio interview he discusses the growing power of cloud computing, what it means for companies like IBM and salesforce.com, and why it could be Microsoft's next great opportunity.  |
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?  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2012 Chris Hill |
This Is Apple's Big Advantage Niko Waesche is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author of the book Simply Seven: Seven Ways to Create a Sustainable Internet Business. In this audio interview he analyzes the greatest threat facing Apple.  |
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.  |
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 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?  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2012 Chris Hill |
Can These Tech Giants Win the Mobile War? Niko Waesche is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author. In this audio interview he analyzes the battle for mobile supremacy between Apple and Google, the prospects for Research In Motion, and Microsoft's partnership with Nokia.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Rich Smith |
Are You a Venture Capitalist? Then stop investing as though you've got money to burn. The way to make money in stocks is to invest in financially sound, responsibly managed, profitable companies.  |
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 December 2002 C.J. Prince |
No Mercy Are VCs sucking the life out of your business? Maybe you're better off without them.  |
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.  |
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".  |
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.  |
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?  |
Inc. July 2006 Darren Dahl |
CEOs Are From Mars, VCs Are From Venus It's official: CEOs ans VCs see everything differently.  |
Entrepreneur June 2007 |
Reel 'Em In Do you have the right bait to entice investors? Get them hooked - and get money for your business - with these tips.  |
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.  |
Entrepreneur July 2007 Guy Kawasaki |
Yoo-hoo! Over here... If you want to get a VC's attention, you need to make a stronger statement than that. Here's how.  |
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.  |
HBS Working Knowledge August 21, 2012 Garry Emmons |
How to Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, author of the recently released book "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," discusses ill-advised entrepreneurial behavior.  |
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...  |
Entrepreneur July 2002 Mark Henricks |
Answering the Call Trust corporations to know when the VC game is ready for new players.  |
Entrepreneur May 2007 Robert Kiyosaki |
Sell Swell You can snag the investors, employees and customers you need if you know how to sell.  |
AskMen.com Samuel Hui |
6 Traits Of An Entrepreneur There are certain qualities that set the best entrepreneurs apart from those that were not meant to be.  |
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.  |
Fast Company May 2005 Alison Overholt |
Venturing Forth Kathy Sherbrooke, co-founder of Circles, one of the few venture-backed companies on our list, on what she learned about going after venture capital.  |
AskMen.com February 25, 2014 Greg Isenberg |
A Successful CEO Made These 5 Mistakes - So You Don't Have To I've raised venture capital. I've sold companies. I've scaled products to millions of users. And I've made every mistake in the book.  |
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.  |
Fast Company March 2005 Jena McGregor |
Best Business Blogs: Venture Capital An expanded list favorite blogs many VCs enjoy.  |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Justin Hibbard |
Startup Millionaires Even Before the IPO These days private equity firms are buying entrepreneurs' stock before their companies reach Wall Street. And Internet ad companies are leading the trend. But not all VCs are thrilled about what's happening.  |
Entrepreneur October 2004 Rieva Lesonsky |
A Matter of Opinions If you truly want to know how your business is doing, just ask -- your customers, vendors, suppliers and employees.  |
Registered Rep. March 20, 2013 Kador & Cohen |
The Devilish Details of Angel Investing Angel investing can be fraught with peril -- for both the investor and the entrepreneur. But the devil's in the details. Here's a guide for mixing business with family and friends.  |
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.  |
Entrepreneur April 2007 Guy Kawasaki |
Go for the Gold If you're trying to get venture capital, follow these 10 steps to impressing investors, and you'll be on your way to the big time.  |
AskMen.com July 25, 2002 Ian Harrison |
How To Write A Business Plan: Part 1 A business plan will act as a guide to a potential investor and indicate whether your venture is worth the capital risk.  |