VC Funding for Geeks; or, How to Get Your Technology to Emerge the VC Way
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VC Funding for Geeks; or, How to Get Your Technology to Emerge the VC Way
This was an etech talk by Marc Hedlund, Chief Product Officer, Wesabe Geeks and venture capitalists often don't speak the same language. This talk provides a look at venture capital financing from the point of view of the technologist. If you have an idea for a technology company or a technology you'd like to make into a product, should you look for VC backing? What should your expectations be going into the process? What are some of the common pitfalls technologists encounter when they try to find VC funding? How can you talk about your technology and your company in a way that will appeal to potential venture backers? We'll approach the topic of venture backing without getting bogged down in the finance terminology common to VC primers (though references for those topics will be provided). You'll be given a more informal set of advice; rules of thumb and cautions will predominate.
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VC Funding for Geeks; or, How to Get Your Technology to Emerge the VC Way
- 1. vc funding for geeks [email_address]
- 10. okay
- 11. #1: vc’s don’t start new companies
- 14. #2: focus on the business first not the funding
- 15. if ($vc->will_fund()) { $company->accelerate(); } // need an else {} statement!
- 21. #3: no means maybe yes means maybe
- 22. // pitch() returns an int, not a boolean int reaction = vc.pitch(); while (reaction <= 0) { Thread.sleep(MONTH); reaction = vc.update(progress); }
- 23. if (reaction > 0) { }
- 24. #4: funding is more than a full-time job
- 28. #5: some things about vcs
- 32. okay
- 33. what you need
- 35. on pitches: Brad Feld: The Torturous World of PowerPoint http://www.feld.com/blog/ VentureBlog: Presenting Your Company http://www.ventureblog.com/
Editor's Notes
- What questions do you want covered? Venture capital: large investment to help develop a company, in exchange for partial ownership, a high-risk, high-return investment I will give you some advice, things I’ve learned from over 100 VC pitches through 3 startups And I’ll give you “the trick” -- there is one simple trick and you’ll get it here today