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  • Admissions A VC Never Makes

    Posted by Brent Holliday on 
    Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:15 AM

    "And the men who spurred us on,
    Sit in judgement of all wrong.
    They decide,
    And then the shotgun sings the song...
    No we won't get fooled again" - The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again

    This is a hilarious slideshow about the pompousness of VCs and really plays to the entrepreneur's issues with taking money from the evil capitalists.  For the record, in my former life as a VC for 12 years, I didn't use my Blackberry during the meeting (OK, I looked, but I didn't type).  As for the rest of the accusations as they apply to me, I will leave that to the dozens of entrepreneurs whose Boards I have sat on...

    {Working in Firefox and Chrome, but not Explorer Click on the link if you have Explorer}

    I have a few more non-admissions from my experience:

    Teamwork - "We work well with our co-investors. We won't fight amongst ourselves, causing you no end of grief"

    Alignment of Interests - "Now that we have invested, you and I are completely aligned in how to grow this company"

    Sacrifice - "We are the hardest working VCs in Canada. We will eat and sleep your company."

    I could go on... but why don't you: Disqus below!

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     venture capital,

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