Risks for the Venture Capitalist

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Tip 1 - How Venture Capitalists Make Investment Choices

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Claire Bertaina | permalink

In order to increase your odds for receiving funding, here are some criteria considered by venture capitalists.
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For further reading: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/11/how-venture-capitalists-make-investment-choices.asp ^[1]

Tip 2 - To Get Venture Capital Funding, Know the Risks and Tell a Good Story - Knowledge@Wharton

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Brodie | permalink

During a panel titled, "VC Confessionals: Why We Funded, Why We Passed," at Wharton's recent 2012 Entrepreneurship Conference, participants offered several pieces of advice to entrepreneurs seeking venture funding. For example, be sure to thoroughly evaluate all the risks involved, tell a good story about your product or service, and ask yourself the tough questions about your business model before presenting to outside audiences.

For further reading: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/to-get-venture-capital-funding-know-the-risks-and-tell-a-good-story/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - 5 ways taking venture capital could hurt you

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by ereni markos | permalink

Celebrating a funding event is like celebrating a team's selection to NCAA basketball tournament. It's not time to pop the champagne.

For further reading: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/07/5-ways-taking-venture-capital-could-hurt-you/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Top Risk Factors in Venture Capital Investments

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Henry Jung | permalink

By their very nature, venture capital investments are risky. Unsecured loans provided to start-up companies and businesses that can’t get traditional loans are called venture capital. Venture ...

For further reading: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/top-risk-factors-venture-capital-investments-75055.html ^[4]