On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mike SmerkloSpencer MaughanVanessa LarcoBen Wiener Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests’ full-length episodes? Mike Smerklo Episode 278Spencer Maughan Episode 284Vanessa Larco…
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Winter Mead Eric Sippel Tony Wilkins Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they’ve encountered as an investor. Did you miss our guest’s full-length episodes? Winter Mead Episode 297Eric Sippel Episode 301Tony Wilkins Episode…
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Brendan WallaceAli TamasebBrian Luerssen Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests’ full-length episodes? Brendan Wallace Episode 276Ali Tamaseb Episode 289Brian Luerssen Episode…
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim GuleriAmy NauiokasSach ChitnisGuy Perelmuter Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests’ full-length episodes? Tim Guleri Episode 267Amy Nauiokas Episode 286Sach Chitnis…
Tony Wilkins of Standing Oaks Venture Partners joins Nick to discuss Identifying Stand-outs at Pre-Seed, Coaching High-Growth Leaders, and Leveling the Playing Field for Underrepresented Founders. In this episode we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC. Tell us a little more about the thesis at Standing Oaks…
Joe Medved of Lerer Hippeau joins Nick to discuss The ‘Softbank Effect’, Financial Discipline and the Interworkings of a Top Seed Investment Firm. In this episode, we cover: The focus at Lerer Hippeau The adoption and integration of the Binary Capital Portfolio Why they dropped ventures from the name Joe’s…
On this special segment of the Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured: Jason Heltzer Sergio Gurrieri Mamoon Hamid Each investor highlights a situation with a startup that they decided not to invest in and why it was that they passed. Itunes: http://apple.co/1lBWf2u Direct-audio: http://bit.ly/1LP6tlt SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/1NviNgc
Mark Peter Davis of Interplay Ventures joins Nick to cover The Hunt for Investors, Part 2. We will discuss the remaining questions including: When an entrepreneur gets a first meeting w/ an investor, what should they do, and conversely, what should they avoid doing in that meeting? After initial meetings, let’s…
Below is the ‘Tip of the Week’ transcript from the Podcast Ep52: The Hunt for Investors, Part 2 (Mark Peter Davis) In today’s interview, Mark shared a number of wise tips for for founders. I’m going to take this week’s tip to list out a number of his great suggestions for…
Mark Peter Davis of Interplay Ventures joins Nick to cover The Hunt for Investors, Part 1. We will address questions including: Can you walk us through your background and how you became involved in startup investing? Can you talk a little about the startup foundry concept and how Interplay differs from…