On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs.After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and…
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The Really Annoying Part of Raising VC
Tagged with: startup, technology, vc, venture capital
Posted in Pitching VCs, Raising Venture Capital, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 55 Comments ↓
Posted in Pitching VCs, Raising Venture Capital, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 55 Comments ↓
2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)
In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. In the second post I argued that as of September 2009 the pace of VC investments…
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Posted in Pitching VCs, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 22 Comments ↓
Posted in Pitching VCs, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 22 Comments ↓
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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Posted in Pitching VCs, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 35 Comments ↓
Posted in Pitching VCs, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 35 Comments ↓
The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3
When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week…
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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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Posted in Pitching VCs, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 142 Comments ↓
Posted in Pitching VCs, Startup Advice, VC Industry — 142 Comments ↓
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.
