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Beware of ASSHOLE VCs

VC Adventure

My partners and I all have blogs which I think are good indications of our varied personalities, but we also provide a list of references (CEOs, other portfolio execs, other people who know us well) for them to look into how we really are to work with. This helped them with a number of things. That’s right.

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Praise Our Lord For Secondary Markets, Because Selling Shares Is Now an Essential Part of (Seed) Venture Capital

Hunter Walker

Soon I’ll have spent more time on cap tables than org charts. I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). .’ That’s a 2025 milestone as Homebrew turns 12.5

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Lightspeed VC Michael Mignano on Why Apple’s Threats Influenced His Decision to Sell Anchor to Spotify, Why No FOMO in Venture is Good (AI Aside), & What NYC Founders Need to Realize

Hunter Walker

Specifically I’ve had the chance to spend meaningful time over the years with Michael Mignano as he went from startup CEO to Executive/Angel Investor and now VC Partner at Lightspeed. I can vouch for his genuine optimism Hunter Walk: You got to work with a number of different VCs on your cap table for Anchor.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. 2-5x return cap + path to uncapped equity-returns.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models

Steve Blank

Then they had a five-year P&L statement, balance sheet, cash flow and cap table. This includes how the product gets distributed to your customers and how money flows back into your company. It was an exquisitely crafted plan. Finally, they took the plan and boiled it down to 15 of the prettiest slides you ever saw.

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Myth Busters: Debunking Seven Conventional Wisdom Maxims of Venture Capital

Genuine VC

VCs who swear publicly that they’ll never make an investment with less than 20% ownership show up on cap tables in the teens… the 20% pronouncements are just posturing for negotiation. More importantly, a handful of VCs are indeed truly engaged supportive partners with entrepreneurs in building their businesses.