mm » venture capital http://markmaunder.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:24:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The best lesson in entrepreneurship you’ll get this year http://markmaunder.com/2009/10/31/the-best-lesson-in-entrepreneurship-youll-get-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://markmaunder.com/2009/10/31/the-best-lesson-in-entrepreneurship-youll-get-this-year/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:01:51 +0000 mark http://markmaunder.com/?p=358 Continue reading →]]> This is a brilliant short talk by Tina Selig asking students “If you had $5 and 2 hours, what would you do to make as much money as possible?”. Her point that capital can simply be a distraction is a view I’ve held for a long time – especially in the context of cheap-to-start-and-run consumer web startups.

]]> http://markmaunder.com/2009/10/31/the-best-lesson-in-entrepreneurship-youll-get-this-year/feed/ 3 Bleet: Big VC’s aren’t always the best choice http://markmaunder.com/2009/10/14/bleet-big-vcs-arent-always-the-best-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://markmaunder.com/2009/10/14/bleet-big-vcs-arent-always-the-best-choice/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:33:07 +0000 mark http://markmaunder.com/?p=278 Continue reading →]]> What’s a Bleet? A blog entry that really should be a tweet.

Naval and Nivi (venturehacks) posted an interesting tweet today:

Chris Dixon on the problem with taking seed money from big VCs: http://j.mp/2BHIPe. Some solutions: http://j.mp/4hFSsL

I agree. I think there’s cachet value in having a large VC invest and based on Chris’s (IMO correct) views you need to decide if that value is worth the extra equity you’re giving up. The only scenario I can think of where cachet adds tangible value for founders is if you’re grooming the business for IPO or exit.


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