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
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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 ↓
VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!
This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran…
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Posted in Pitching VCs, Raising Venture Capital, Startup Advice — 76 Comments ↓
Posted in Pitching VCs, Raising Venture Capital, Startup Advice — 76 Comments ↓
Why I Don’t Like Board Observers
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. I wrote recently about the role of Advisory Boards in startups, which I expected to be a bit controversial. People love their advisers and I don’t blame them. It’s just that many…
Should Your Startup Have an Advisory Board?
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many startup companies hire advisory boards. It’s very tempting. It’s mostly done by first-time entrepreneurs who want to persuade (bribe?) prominent industry luminaries to be closely associated with the company. It’s…
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 ↓
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.
