Comments on: Pitch yourself, not your idea

By: Yinglan Tan

Yinglan Tan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:20:15 +0000

A VC can assist the entrepreneur in many ways when the entrepreneur rolls out new products: Positioning of product, (ii) Working with channel partners (iii) Direct sales. The measure of VCs¡¯ contribution is their value creation. The entrepreneur can spend 99 hours on product development while the VC spends only 1 hour introducing the product to customers-and nonetheless, the VC has created more value than the entrepreneur.To understand the pulse of the market, a VC cannot depend solely on industry surveys (just as you cannot judge would-be employees by the resumes they send in). Any industry survey is a representation of the past, and the window of opportunity is apt to have narrowed by the time there is clear data. Surveys may be marginally useful for long-term trends but have limited value for short-term trends. Finding the right people to talk to is critical. A VC cannot be an expert in every field.

Tan Yinglan

The Way Of The VC - Top Venture Capitalists On Your Board (Amazon: http://www.tinyurl.com/wayofthevc)

Blog: http://www.wayofthevc.com

By: Yinglan Tan

Yinglan Tan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:20:15 +0000

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By: miguelsampedro

miguelsampedro — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:30:08 +0000

Totally agree with you!! Is hard for new entrepreneurs to really get it though.

By: woman entrepreneur

woman entrepreneur — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:05:47 +0000

I understand the 'scary alien' look. Like you, I too believe in my business and not in the elevator pitch – which btw I have owed never to practice.

By: Backup Brain » Blog Archive » Come back when you have a demo

Backup Brain » Blog Archive » Come back when you have a demo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:57:13 +0000

[...] “Many VCs tell entrepreneurs to ‘come back when you have a demo.’ They aren’t wondering whether your product can be built – they are wondering whether you can build it.” – Chris Dixon. [...]

By: TC

TC — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:10:01 +0000

Chris, any investment in 1 founder startup?

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Pitch yourself, not your idea | Igniting Startups - nPost — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:23:35 +0000

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By: julespieri

julespieri — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:15:32 +0000

Chris…That's worth a heck of a lot. Good on you!

By: chris dixon

chris dixon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:55:23 +0000

for what it's worth, Founder Collective made 2 investments in the last month where the founder/CEO's are women
http://foundercollective.com/companies/20x200
http://foundercollective.com/companies/Giiv