January 25, 2012
How many VCs do you want competing to invest in you?
It’s not a facetious question. Too few, and there is no sense of urgency or competitive tension. Too many, and you can be bewildered by choice, leaving hot prospects to go cold and chasing the next potential investor. Net result in both cases: no deal.
June 2, 2011
How a venture capitalist considers the competition for a potential investee company is critical to whether they ultimately decide to invest.
March 23, 2011
Many entrepreneurs are surprised by how much attention VCs pay to market size. You might have a hot product and an awesome team, but the VC is spending all of her time poring over analyst reports trying to work out how big your addressable market can be.
March 23, 2011
Nic has already answered the question “Is venture capital right for your company?” Today, I’m going to look at some alternative sources of finance. The key ones are revenue, government and banks
February 17, 2011
This week, Nic Brisbourne explains what you can do to accelerate the capital-raising process, which mainly means finding ways to reduce the venture capitalists’ perception of risk. If you want to find out how to raise money quickly, I recommend you read his post
February 16, 2011
Can there really be such a thing as a startup raising too much money?
Of course there can. The history of investment is littered with example of companies that raised too much capital, were feted by the press, government and investors and then imploded before their products had made a dent on the market.
February 9, 2011
Every entrepreneur I’ve ever spoken to about fundraising wants to know how long it will take.
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