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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009.  There are

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I met with an investor, what happens next?

This is part of my ongoing series, “Pitching a VC.”  Getting a meeting with a prominent angel or VC is difficult enough.  Some advice on how to do that was covered in this link – Getting Access to a VC.

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A Tale of Two Pitches

This is part of my ongoing series, “Pitching a VC.” I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches.  Many people agreed and added that even the

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

This is part of my ongoing series “Start Up Advice” but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.” If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the

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The Best VC Meetings are Debates not Sales

This is part of my blog series “Pitching a VC.” I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams.

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Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. Read more about Mark.

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