What Is The Best Path To Get A VC Job?
Do VCs with an entrepreneurial or operational background perform better than those with a financial one? We did the analysis for the top 100 VCs world…
Category: Venture Capital
When Exits Go Wrong: The Trados Case Study
What happened to Trados will occur again in the near future, as startups that raised vast sums of money fail to deliver on their initial plan and thei…
How Elite VC Firms Manage Portfolio Companies – The Dropbox Case Study
Dropbox became the financial markets’ darling when it went public in March 2018, completing its initial public offering (or IPO) at a staggering $9.2 billion…
What You Should Be Reading If You Want A Job, Or Money, From VCs
Our social media followers and live stream viewers regularly ask us for guidance on which books to read to make sense of venture capital –…
10 Soft-Skills Tips To Pitch Business Angels and Venture Capitalists
Startup Founders make many rookie mistakes when they pitch investors. Investors receive hundreds of deal opportunities every year and need to quickly …
Why Even The Best VCs Lose Money – But Are Ok With It
Most people with an interest in Venture Capital know that the returns in the asset class are extremely skewed: a small minority of VC funds…
What Are TAM, SAM, SOM And Why Do They Matter?
If you have been fundraising lately, chances are you heard about these acronyms from Angel Investors or Venture Capitalists. It’s one of the most fundamental…