2001 pitching VC 
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001. No more founder pitch meetings. No new investments.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side. You lose the dream.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 13, 2021
It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. ” So began a five year investment partnership between Flatiron Partners (our VC firm) and Susan’s Latin American private equity business.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
I lived through this again September 2001. Many deals – VC or otherwise – didn’t close. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Especially in VC. I lived through this again September 2001. Many deals – VC or otherwise – didn’t ever close. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Any deal.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 18, 2009
You’ve got to be able to come out of unsuccessful VC meetings, pull your socks up, and go into the next pitch. As a VC if I can tell that you’ve survived tough times and you don’t appear beaten down that’s a huge plus. This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001.
Dream It
APRIL 12, 2020
During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. How should startups adjust their pitch when fundraising during this crisis? Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
I had finally appeared on the front cover of a magazine (TornadoInsider – then the top European VC magazine) but I felt so fat in the picture I never sent it to anybody. Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs.
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