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50 questions: What is the first document I should put in front of a VC?

By on June 29, 2011

Together with Nic Brisbourne of The Equity Kicker / DFJ Esprit, I am writing a series of 50 questions you should ask when raising venture capital. We expect the series to run for a year, after which we will collate the answers into a book. We view this as a collaboration, so please comment to help make this series even more useful.

This is question #27 in the series.

This week (and for the next two of his columns), Nic is focusing on how to get your business down in writing to maximise your chances of a productive meeting with investors.

Like Nic, I am a great believer that the first document should be short, pithy, and to the point.

Unfortunately, as George Bernard Shaw said, “I’m sorry this letter is so long, I didn’t have time to make it shorter”.

Making that document short is hard. Go and read Nic’s post to see what he recommends you put down in writing.

Hungry for more? Go to the 50 questions homepage for more insights into venture capital.

About Nicholas Lovell

As well as founding Gamesbrief, Nicholas is a consultant to the games industry on online and corporate strategy and financial matters. He can be contacted at nicholas@gamesbrief.com Following a decade long financial career in the City of London, Nicholas founded Lodestar Partners, a corporate finance boutique that focused exclusively on the games industry. From 2006 to 2008, Nicholas was CEO of GameShadow, a games website and patching engine. He is a non-executive director of developer nDreams and provides consultancy services to a number of companies including Firefly and Huddle.