Not the sexiest of titles, I apologize.
The following people:
- Prashant Shah, Managing Director at Hummer Winblad
- Ajit Nazre, Kleiner Perkins
- Anil Patel, Principal at Clearstone Venture Partners
- Ravi Mohan, co-founder of Shasta Ventures
Answer the following questions:
- What is the best pitch meeting that you remember and why?
- What are the most common mistakes or assumptions smart founders make in pitch meetings with VCs?
- What unfavorable terms do founders often miss or underestimate in term sheets?
- How can someone get you to look at a business plan if they don’t know anyone in your network (e.g. outside Silicon Valley elite, didn’t go to Stanford)?
Long, but interesting read: Is Venture Capitalism Dead? Not Yet. Now that’s an interesting title.