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...
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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!