The probability of VCs investing in a start-up is far less likely than it was in 1999. And that's bad news for entrepreneurs.
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These days, it may be easier to raise startup money than it was during the boom. No, it doesn't seem that way. But that's a perception promulgated by precarious or now deceased startups. The companies founded two or three years ago have been struggling with the assumption that follow-on investments would be as easy to get as the initial funding, ... They're not getting the follow-on funding, and so they're telling people that VCs don't want to spend. We do, but more on the traditional companies missed during the dot-com bubble.
He was in class the first day with his collar on. That was the miracle part for me, three weeks and two days after his surgery he was sitting in class at VCS.
It was the first time I'd raised venture capital. I was fairly familiar with VCs from my time at Microsoft, but in raising the money I learned a lot about how they think about exit strategies.
The Internet was a train, and you either got on it or you got run over, ... VCs were more afraid of being wrong than being right.
Sure, domain expertise is required in any market, ... But startups in financial services face the same problems as any other technology company and need the same company-building skills that traditional VCs have to offer.
People do business in Sweden and it goes well they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.