Monthly Archives: August 2007

Are VC’s inherently evil ? (part II)

So, consider this - as an entrepreneur, who has accepted external money, your responsibility is to provide a good return to your investors - likewise, your VC investor has accepted “external” money and the VC has the responsibility to provide a good return to it’s investors.
With this simplistic view it would appear that, as long [...]

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Je viens tout juste de terminer l’excellent Founders at Work: stories of startups’ early days de Jessica Livingston. Le concept est simple : 32 entrevues avec les fondateurs de startups ayant connus un grand succès. Si la formule est simple, l’exécution est particulièrement réussie et nous fait vivre l’émotion des premiers jours de compagnies [...]

Are VC’s inherently evil ? (part I)

As we speak to first time entrepreneurs a common theme that comes through is that VC’s are not to be trusted. Most people have a horror story that has been handed down to them about the VC who …. (fill in your own story).
I have my own hard luck story - in 1999 I was [...]