Chuck Eesley discusses fundraising. In this video, he talks about the economics, structure, and types of venture capital firms and the process of raising money from VC firms.
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Geoff Yang, founding partner of Redpoint Ventures, explores why timing matters in entrepreneurial ventures and shares insights into how Redpoint evaluates opportunties.
Geoff Yang is a Partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to founding Redpoint, Geoff was a general partner with IVP, a firm he joined in 1987.
Successful entrepreneur and CEO, Jay Adelson, demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. Today Jay discusses funding and explains the difference between angel investors, super angels, and VCs.
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SVB Financial Group hosted this panel discussion entitled “How Venture Capital Works”. The panelists are discussing the relationships, decisions, and economics that drive venture capital.
The panel included participants representing the three key roles in VC industry dynamics:
SVB Financial Group recently hosted a panel discussion titled How Venture Capital Works. The panelists discussed the relationships, decisions, and economics that drive venture capital.
The panel included participants representing the three key roles in VC industry dynamics:
Andy was a General Partner of Benchmark Capital from its inception in 1995 until 2004 at which time he joined the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business to teach a variety of courses on entrepreneurship.
Paul Buchheit, from Y Combinator, leads a discussion about what he believes to be the future of venture capital. Paul discusses the Y Combinator model that acts as an incubator for early-stage startups and contrasts it to the traditional model for venture capital.
Paul Buchheit is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the creator and lead developer of Gmail. He developed the original prototype of Google AdSense as part of his work on Gmail. He also suggested the company’s now-famous motto “Don’t be evil” in a 2000 meeting on company values.
John Frankel has been an early-stage venture investor since 1999. Mr. Frankel was one of the earliest investors in Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007, and in Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD on NASDAQ), which had a successful IPO in March 2011.
John has also served and/or now serves on the boards of 500px, Apparel Media Group, Alerts.com, Centzy, ClearPath Immigration, Infochimps, Gobbler, Klout, Patents.com, Parse.ly, Phone.com, Quigo Technologies, StrongTech, The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, Track.com, and Voxy. He is also a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program.
Howard Hartenbaum from August Capital discusses different types of funding sources, different types of investors and how to approach them, what VCs look for in companies, and his experiences from being an IT investor and entrepreneur.
Howard Hartenbaum joined August Capital in 2008. Prior to joining, he served as a General Partner at Draper Richards LP where he was the founding investor in Skype and a former member of the board of directors where his achievement resulted in his joining the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists.
Why do VCs invest in startups? How do you get funding for your company, startup, technology, or idea? Why would a VC invest in your startup when you have nothing but an idea?
