by Brad Feld February 20, 2007

The Value of No

Today’s Great VC Post comes from Stu Phillips of Ridgelift Ventures. There have been plenty of useful posts in the past about the value of Saying No and it’s a meme that seems to go around the VC and entrepreneur blogs on a regular basis. Stu’s post – Getting to NO! – highlights how he thinks […]

Today’s Great VC Post comes from Stu Phillips of Ridgelift Ventures. There have been plenty of useful posts in the past about the value of Saying No and it’s a meme that seems to go around the VC and entrepreneur blogs on a regular basis. Stu’s post – Getting to NO! – highlights how he thinks about it.

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November 5, 2008

SaaS and Cost Cutting vs. Sales

Today’s two great VC posts are from David Cowan and Stu Phillips. David writes on The Prospects for SaaS. He also discusses his mixed experience with his squash gnocchi. Stu writes on The other side of cost cutting. While cutting costs is important if you are trying to become profitable, Stu suggests that everyone should […]

October 4, 2007

When A VC Says “I Need 20% Of The Company”

Today’s great post is from Fred Wilson titled The Fiction of 20%. If you’ve ever negotiated with a VC, you’ve likely heard something like “I need at least 20% of the company to make the deal work.” Fred has a great rant on why this is – is in his words – rubbish.

October 3, 2008

How Many Companies Should Be in a VC’s Fund?

Tom Crotty, managing general partner of Battery Ventures, has today’s best post of the day up over at PEHub. It’s titled The Portfolio Effect: Battery’s Tom Crotty on Why VCs Should Back at Least 25 Companies in Every Fund. Tom explains that, regardless of fund size, each fund should try to have between 25 and […]

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