Fundraising

Why You Don’t Want to Give Financial Information to All of Your Investors

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. The trends are well understood: more angels, more seed funds, more crowdsourcing and so forth. We all can intuit the benefits to founders of…

What all Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Prorata Rights

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the…

Finding an Investor Who is in Love with You

I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur. Above all else I’m looking for a genuine passion for what the entrepreneur is doing. It’s even a direct quote in my Twitter bio.

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

Picking a VC is hard. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit. Reputation of firm? Of partner? Deals done in your industry? It’s a bit of all of these.

Is @AngelList Syndicates Really Such a Big Deal?

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.”

From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to…

How to Present and Answer Questions in a Team Presentation or VC Pitch

I sit through a lot of presentations. These range from companies pitching me to portfolio companies presenting at board meetings.

Getting Back Your Series A Mojo

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders.

I think it’s an important read. A chip on one’s shoulder as in, “Fuck the system, it’s broken and I want to fix it” is exactly the energy I look for in entrepreneurs.