frameworks strategy VC 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. What about strategy? I had to laugh a bit reading it.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 29, 2012
And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2014
People like Vinod Khosla, Keith Rabois, Brian Singerman, Marc Andreessen and others have all made head-scratching private comments to me that sounded so foreign to what I thought other people were doing in VC that they caused me to challenge and ultimately change some of my own views. Draw from Frameworks. Triangulate.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. But take prompts from the VC.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Let’s set up a framework. But this strategy great depends on point 3. If you have strong VC support now and a lot of cash in the bank you may be willing to accept a higher burn rate (say $300k or $400k per month) than a company with angel money and less cash in the bank. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 28, 2010
I did 5 years of building large computer systems and computer networks for global corporations and 3+ years as a “strategy consultant.&# In many of the meetings you’d meet clients who would tell you everything you needed to know, would offer to help you and then would never follow up on the help that they had offered.
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