This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 2, 2012
It was June of 2003. At least if you and some Silicon Valley VC get inked up in one of the breakout rooms, you can get it removed more quickly than you can get out of an investment relationship. When he finished, I turned to his friend and said, "Want me to critique his pitch?" She had flower sleeves of spectacular color.
Dream It
APRIL 12, 2020
During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. How should startups adjust their pitch when fundraising during this crisis? Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2011
I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Thank you. (if
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Many businesses that pitch to me have White Elephant issues and I’d like to tell you how to deal with these when you’re raising venture capital. But the VC is thinking about the issue whether you address it or not. Know in advance what you’re going to say and don’t wait for the VC to bring it up.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
” Your VC friends have been egging you on. The don’t understand VC liquidation preferences or multiple return expectations. They weren’t with you when you did the VC pitch where you looked them in the eyes 9 months ago and said, “I see only one outcome, we want to build something really big.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I’m a VC so I have an obvious bias. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007. There is no such thing as a uniform price. I raised my A round at a $31.5
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
On Losing in VC. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company.
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