Professor VC
JANUARY 17, 2008
A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.
View from Seed
AUGUST 17, 2021
One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. But then again, this is what skeptics have been predicting for 10+ years.
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View from Seed
AUGUST 17, 2021
One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. But then again, this is what skeptics have been predicting for 10+ years.
David Teten
AUGUST 21, 2019
The RBI investor is motivated to help the company grow because that speeds up the pace of revenue payback, and therefore IRR. Traditional VC is most appropriate for and seeks out companies which require a huge audience (e.g., This is similar to the incentives of a traditional equity VC, but unlike traditional lenders.
View from Seed
AUGUST 17, 2021
One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. But then again, this is what skeptics have been predicting for 10+ years.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 5, 2014
So when I heard Kathryn gave the University of Chicago commencement speech I suggested that she reach out to a larger audience and share her decades of experience. I was on the way to my lifetime IRR of 90%. Her response? I loved the business, and I was good at it. But then, trouble.
Occam's Razor
OCTOBER 14, 2014
Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). For my business Direct Visits are very important, a much higher % of people see the home page of the site, as are mobile and tablet combined have a very desirable audience. And other such things.
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