| What Has Changed in Today's Investment Culture? | January 16, 2002 |
Heidi Roizen
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Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture |
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| Video 5 of 25 from this talk |
- 01:13Introduction: Mobius Venture Capital
- 01:08Investing Climate in 2002
- 03:08Why Be an Entrepreneur Now?
- 00:29Working with Venture Capitalists
- 01:37What Has Changed in Today's Investment Culture?
- 01:55An Attractive Team Has Youth AND Grey Hair
- 02:21Bootstrapping: Still a Great Way to Raise Money
- 01:10The Advantages of Profit
- 01:09Raising Venture Capital Today: Barbell Syndrome
- 02:12A Common Mistake: Treating VC money as Your Own
- 01:07Pay Back Time
- 02:46VC's Are Open For Business
- 03:41VC Startup Relationship
- 02:08Small and Large Funds
- 01:58Watching How People Handled the Downturn
- 00:48What Do the LP's Believe?
- 00:42Timing is Everything
- 02:27Why Take Venture Capital?
- 01:45Venture Capital vs. Corporate Funding
- 01:54The M&A Market
- 03:32Picking vs. Running
- 02:20Successful Teams and Ventures
- 01:08The Best Money: Customer Money
- 01:51What Numbers Do VC's Look At?
- 03:39Tips For a Good Pitch
Description
Previously, Roizen says it used to take three years for startups to reach liquidity; now the time frame is five to seven years. As a result, she recommends startups get to know the VC well and trust them because they will be working with the VC for many years. Now as an entrepreneur, she says, you have to work for a living!
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