Venture Hacks

I’m reading Randy Komisar’s book, The Monk and the Riddle.
He wrote it before he became a partner at Kleiner Perkins and I like his description of the Rocket Ship model of investing (emphasis added):
“Over the last several years… a new investment model has taken hold. Fill each startup with rocket fuel as fast as possible [...]

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In Understanding Why Your VC Is Acting Crazy, Bill Burnham, a former Partner at Mobius Venture Capital and Softbank Capital Partners, describes why investors don’t always do the right thing for your business:
“One thing that many entrepreneurs don’t fully appreciate is just how much the financial and organizational dynamics within a VC fund can affect [...]

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