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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Here are the latest great quotes from our twitter feed (rss):
“Just about everything has a strike against it. It’s either already been done or it’s never been done.” – Seth Godin
“Silicon Valley is a place where ‘it’s never been done before’ is a compliment.” – Naval Ravikant
“You can’t build to sell. If you build to [...]

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We usually quote other people’s genius in our Twitter feed but, once in a while, we throw in a tweet of our own. Here are a few of the popular ones:
You don’t need permission to start a company. From investors, co-founders, or anyone else.
Trying to recruit while you’re in “stealth mode” is like punching yourself [...]

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The latest great quotes from the VH Twitter feed: twitter.com/venturehacks (RSS):
Kleiner Perkins
“Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible, with less than anyone thinks possible.” – John Doerr
“If the reason you’re taking on a mission is for the money you’ll make, I believe you’ll fail.” – John Doerr
“Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they [...]

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The latest great quotes from the Venture Hacks Twitter feed: twitter.com/venturehacks (RSS):
Boards
“Don’t let conflicts get in the way of selecting the ideal board member.” – Fred Wilson
“Avoid ‘big names.’ For the most part, they are useless.” – Fred Wilson
“I was on the Spectra board and I think I nearly drove… the company CEO nuts with [...]

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Hilarious new t-shirts for the “top 2/20%” (get it?) of the population from VC Wear:

There are more awesome t-shirts at VC Wear as well as a Powerpoint Pitch and a Buy it (the company) Now button.
There’s truth in every t-shirt. I’ve heard that “every” VC in Silicon Valley [...]

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Tom Perkins from Kleiner Perkins slaps us with knowledge in this interview with Creative Capital. Here are some choice quotes from the beating:
On Timing
“It’s always a good time to be in venture capital.”
“You can’t look at the stock market and decide whether or not to invest in a startup.”
“The growth of technology has been [...]

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We’ve started a Venture Hacks page on Twitter: twitter.com/venturehacks (RSS).
We’ll be posting interesting quotes, links, and other things we like. We’ve started with a few quotes:
“Common stock is decorative.” – Anonymous Investor
“Valuation is temporary, control is forever.” – Venture Hacks
“You never ask board members what they think. You tell them what you’re going to do.” [...]

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