Comments on: How helpful is venture capital experience to building startups? http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/10/27/how-helpful-is-venture-capital-experience-to-building-startups/ Essays on viral marketing, freemium, and social gaming Tue, 22 May 2012 16:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: team building http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/10/27/how-helpful-is-venture-capital-experience-to-building-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 team building Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:41:06 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/?p=1317#comment-2360 Why don’t investors want to invest in my idea X which will be highly profitable? or any other reason which is the key factor's in many venture. Why don’t investors want to invest in my idea X which will be highly profitable? or any other reason which is the key factor's in many venture.

]]> By: James Shamenski http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/10/27/how-helpful-is-venture-capital-experience-to-building-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-2258 James Shamenski Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:40:31 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/?p=1317#comment-2258 I consider myself the start-up equivalent of a EIR. My pres and ceo handle the VC's while i hear about the general news without having to crawl through the trenches. It's certainly nice to be able to sleep at night and not worry over every tiny detail. In the end, there's no playbook one can read to prepare one's self to handle every surprise that can come with a term sheet. <br><br>It's comforting to hear that the EIR's across the table have a similar perspective. I consider myself the start-up equivalent of a EIR. My pres and ceo handle the VC's while i hear about the general news without having to crawl through the trenches. It's certainly nice to be able to sleep at night and not worry over every tiny detail. In the end, there's no playbook one can read to prepare one's self to handle every surprise that can come with a term sheet.

It's comforting to hear that the EIR's across the table have a similar perspective.

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