The VC industry is suffering from a severe lack of liquidity, says Intel Capital's Vice President Lisa Lambert. Lambert offers her analysis on the current shape of the investment community - and finds much room for improvement. As an asset class, she anticipates a lot of consolidation in the industry as a whole; offering growing pains at the moment, but providing a healthier market overall.

"Failure is as much about success as success is," says Lisa Lambert, vice president at Intel Capital. "In fact, it's probably a more important part." Lambert reflects on aspects of her career she wishes she could revisit, including work-life balance. Get practiced in the act of saying no, she advises, and accept that your time and money, and other resources only occur in limited quantities.

How much control do you want over the company? What are the finer points of sales and acquisition? What kind of power must a portfolio company give up to accept VC dollars? Intel Capital Vice President Lisa Lambert discusses how some of these negotiations take place between her investment firm and the emerging companies they fund. Lambert also points out some of the differences in negotiating with a first-time entrepreneur versus a seasoned player - often with surprising results.

Reflecting back on her driven career success, Intel Capital VP Lisa Lambert speaks of her abundant dedication to her work, and how that functions within her current desire to have a family. Her advice to college grads, particularly young women, is not to let their career drive overshadow the other aspects of their life, but instead to acknowledge and prioritize what's most important. Lambert suggests planting the seeds of family preparation early on in one's career, else, "You're vice-president of the company, and there's not a lot of options for you."

If you're thinking of a career in the VC realm, listen to Intel Capital's Vice President Lisa Lambert speak with passion about the dynamics of the job. She is enthusiastic about the diversity and education that the job requires, and she tremendously enjoys shopping with the company's $16 billion checkbook. She highly recommends this career path for those who like frequent change, broad networking, and breaking new conceptual ground.

Lisa Lambert, Intel Capital's Vice President, points out that despite what other independently-run VC firms say, their corporate investing arm can offer the companies in their investment portfolio a lot more than just dollars. Good VC's also open up their circle of contacts and offer useful advice along the path. In this clip, Lambert speaks at length about the matchmaking conferences that Intel organizes for its clientele, its global reach of resources, and the numerous other value-added services and networking opportunities that they offer beyond just a check.

Why take on financial risk alone? Intel Capital, says Vice President Lisa Lambert, most often invests in combination with their network of about two dozen other investment entities. While they have a number of deals that they've embarked upon independently, overall the company prefers to work in syndication with these other top-tier houses - and the partnership reaps rewards for all. Her firm benefits by a deeper purse of dollars to bring to market, and the other venture capital firms share in the access that comes from Intel's broad reach of over one hundred investors in 47 countries.

Intel Capital VP Lisa Lambert discusses a sea change in the investment community as of Spring, 2010. While VC's were formerly more attracted to solely investing in start-ups, she states that her firm has grown more stage-agnostic. Quick returns more often hinge on later-stage enterprises than on business concepts fresh out of the gate. In addition, she reports that Intel Capital has very few plans for acquisition of these firms, estimating that the company takes over less than one percent of those they financially back.

How does strategic corporate investment differ from typical venture capital investment? And how does this affect the types of deals transacted? Lisa Lambert, Vice President of Intel Capital, offers examples of the structural differences typical of Intel's investing arm, including larger dollars to create a broader impact. In addition, Intel Capital deals are often accompanied by a prefabricated business agreement to seal the deal.