vctips
- I'm all for optionality, but two separate pitches in a single hour meeting may be pushing it a bit (@bryce)3:35 PM Jul 10th from API
- RT @jkraus avoid 'entrepreneur friendly' VCs. choose 'hardass, potentially fire you, but WILL make your company successful' VCs (@bryce)10:15 AM Jun 26th from web
- "I've been personally responsible for burning through 10s of millions of VC dollars" was a bold choice to lead off you bio (@bryce)10:05 AM Jun 25th from web
- When VCs realize you don't need their money, they can't help but offer you their money. (@sacca)9:31 AM Jun 23rd from web
- when it comes to VCs, does more distance mean less meddling and higher returns? draw your own conclusions: http://bit.ly/10NUtj (@bryce)10:55 AM Jun 22nd from web
- the lies entrepreneurs tell themselves and their impact on home life. remember to communicate kids: http://bit.ly/jyD2n (@bryce)3:56 PM Jun 15th from web
- thinking about approaching a VC by first asking them to sign an NDA? check here first: http://bit.ly/H0iIK (@sether)5:00 AM Jun 11th from web
- reaching into your pants while saying "I'll just whip it out and show you" is awkward, even if you are just demoing an iphone app (@bryce)2:40 PM Jun 10th from web
- RT @m2jr Great post by Founder of Freshbooks on what to do before raising VC: Hint: customer development http://bit.ly/3QQBhn (@bryce)11:20 AM Jun 9th from web
- don't let your lips betray those glowingly self appointed titles in your bio such as "luminary", "veteran" or "expert" (@bryce)3:50 PM Jun 8th from web
- feel free to invite the investors you are pitching to your mailing list, but don't add them unless they opt in. (@christine)3:45 PM Jun 8th from web
- OH @pehub: "annex funds are the new black" (@christine)10:55 AM Jun 8th from web
- If you're an entrepreneur, and you are intro'd by email to an investor, the next email should come from you. Period. (@sacca)9:50 PM Jun 2nd from web
- RT @bijan Beware of the complicated deal: http://bit.ly/SZ8R6 (@bryce)7:35 AM Jun 2nd from web
- so great today to hear a founder say "we don't want to break our pay-scale until we start serious revenue generation" (@cape)1:10 PM Jun 1st from web
- there is no such thing as a "safe" investment (@bfeld)6:35 PM May 30th from web
- pop quiz! this email will get you a) funded b) rejected c) made an example of "what not to do" on @vctips: http://bit.ly/DehXY (@bryce)8:50 AM May 29th from web
- food for thought from the founder and CEO of RightNow: 7 great reasons NOT to take VC money: http://bit.ly/a31gQ (@bryce)9:30 AM May 28th from web
- candid talk from a former VC: YOU are the reason why so many startups don't get venture funding http://bit.ly/QZcoq (@bryce)5:05 PM May 27th from web
- don't look up my phone number and call me at home to pitch your business. especially if I've never met you. it's creepy. (@christine)10:31 AM May 27th from web
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