Comments on: Being friendly has become a competitive advantage in VC

By: Old VC Firms: Get Ready to be Disrupted | Startups

Old VC Firms: Get Ready to be Disrupted | Startups — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:55:07 +0000

[...] From the perspective of VCs and entrepreneurs, VC brands rise and fall very quickly. Given the excess supply of venture dollars, top tier entrepreneurs are frequently selecting their investors, not vice [...]

By: Old VC firms: get ready to be disrupted cdixon.org – chris dixon's blog

Old VC firms: get ready to be disrupted cdixon.org – chris dixon's blog — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:14:48 +0000

By: anthony

anthony — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:53:33 +0000

What I like about small business owners is that they are not afraid to take huge risks and lay it all on the line. But, I agree they do need a lot of help with their marketing. I think having them go the social media and email route is not only the least expensive but its also the most effective. Thanks for the stats!

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By: The Park Paradigm - (Venture) Capitalocracy?

The Park Paradigm - (Venture) Capitalocracy? — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:51 +0000

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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:24:36 +0000

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By: paulhlee316

paulhlee316 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:07:02 +0000

Great topic Chris (sorry, just catching up). I wrote a blog post after reading yours, definitely made an impact.

Wake Up Call: Getting of our asses (Thanks @cdixon) http://bit.ly/9DQcRo

By: chrissheehan

chrissheehan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:52:59 +0000

Good post Chris. This is where it helps to have good insight into the local VCs – partner style and fund stage. A seed investor plugged into the ecosystem can be very helpful navigating these waters. – Chris

By: reidwalley

reidwalley — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:31:16 +0000

I completely agree that being friendly goes a long way. My business coaching clients are looking more and more for *culture fit*, whether it's with VCs, a management team or employees. When a startup is comparing multiple VCs, and with all things being relatively equal, being friendly really stands out! Being a reasonably nice person is definitely becoming a competitive advantage in venture capital.

By: vbd

vbd — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:44:32 +0000

How timely. Just yesterday I met a UK VC for what was supposed to be a friendly meeting as it was setup by a common party. The VC turned up 25 minutes late; didn't apologize; spent the rest of the meeting Blackberry'ing; pontificated about this and that; generally rude, arrogant and dismissive.

Having a thick skin helps but you just wonder what was the VC expecting as the outcome as I wouldn't have him anywhere near my startup now.

By: Mark Essel

Mark Essel — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:22:18 +0000

Hah, the gratuitous self pitch. We're likely sold on Founder Collective if we hang out here Chris. My partner Tyler and I have been busy reworking/developing tools. When is a good time to talk over options for a seed business? I wasn't going to approach outside investors until we proved to ourselves (with metrics) that are site/services have real market traction.