Distilling Venture Capital
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHost Bill Griesinger brings an informed, unbiased and unique historical perspective to the venture capital and high-tech world. Drawing on over 20 years in venture finance, working with tech companies and venture capitalists, he offers an unfiltered and transparent view of the venture capital & high-tech universe.
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EPISODE 029 – UNICORN MANIA, The Real Facts About Post-Money Valuation
April 17, 2023 22:27 - 16 minutes - 37.5 MBUNICORN MANIA, The Real Facts About Post-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation; The Facts It is absolutely NOT the market capitalization or market value of a tech unicorn company; PM Valuation completely ignores all the prices paid, preferences, and rights granted, for ALL prior rounds – a major flaw and a farce; Thus, a completely distorted picture of value is created by actually assuming that all of these past preferred rounds of equity, plus common, are all magically worth the same ...
Episode 028 - UNICORN-MANIA; Tech Unicorn Valuations are FAKE
February 23, 2023 19:18 - 35 minutes - 80.9 MBTech Unicorn Valuations are Fake Introduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. It is your podcast for Fintech, DeFi, Blockchain and smart contracts, digital banking ...
Episode 028 - UNICORN-MANIA
February 23, 2023 19:18 - 35 minutes - 80.9 MBTech Unicorn Valuations are Fake Introduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. It is your podcast for Fintech, DeFi, Blockchain and smart contracts, digital banking ...
Episode 027 - Jonathan Hung, Angel Investor - Los Angeles, CA
October 06, 2022 12:09 - 46 minutes - 106 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. It is your podcast for Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Digital Banking and all the frontier technologies that are changing the financial landscape globally. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. We have a fantastic progra...
Episode 026 - Alex Branton, Partner Sturgeon Capital, London
July 21, 2022 17:29 - 31 minutes - 72 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. This is your podcast for Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Digital Banking and all the frontier technologies that are changing the financial landscape globally. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. We have a fantastic progr...
Episode 025 - João Zecchin, Founder Fuse Capital
June 17, 2022 17:59 - 53 minutes - 122 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger, Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. This is your podcast for Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Digital Banking and all the frontier technologies that are changing the financial landscape globally. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. I am really excited a...
Episode 024 - Slater Victoroff, Founder & CTO Indico
March 18, 2022 00:38 - 45 minutes - 105 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger, Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. This is your podcast for Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Digital Banking and all the frontier technologies that are changing the financial landscape globally. We will start here - Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyon...
Episode 023 - Jeremy Neilson, Founder & CEO Assure
January 31, 2022 14:16 - 40 minutes - 92.2 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger, Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. This is your podcast for Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Blockchain and Smart Contracts, Digital Banking and all the frontier technologies that are changing the financial landscape globally. We will start here - Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone....
Episode 022 - James Bianco, President & Founder; Bianco Research, Chicago; DeFi – Decentralized Finance
December 14, 2021 18:28 - 53 minutes - 49 MBEpisode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. I am really excited about today´s program because we are going to do a deep-dive and explore DeFi – Decentralized Finance, a topic you hear much about but may have little insights into what this frontier technology is all about and what its true impact will be on the future of global finance. To help me do this I have the pleasure of welcoming to the show Jim Bianco who is the President and Founder of Bianco Research, LLC in Chicago. Jim is s...
Episode 021 - Oddup; FOCUS ON FINTECH; James Giancotti, Founder & CEO
November 23, 2021 16:51 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. I am excited about today´s program because I have the pleasure of welcoming...
Episode 020 - 10Web; Tigran Nazaryan, CEO
August 25, 2021 15:55 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. Today, we have a really interesting program for you b/c I have the plea...
Episode 019 - EQUIAM; John Zic, Partner and Founding Member
July 23, 2021 15:49 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. Today, we have a really fantastic program b/c I have the pleasure of we...
Episode 018 - Brian Requarth: CEO and Co-Founder, Viva Real in Brasil: Author of, “Viva The Entrepreneur”
June 18, 2021 21:56 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. Today, we have a really fantastic program b/c I have the awesome pleasure o...
Episode 017 - JP Baric, CEO, Aurum Capital Ventures Cryptocurrency Mining & Energy Technology
May 31, 2021 13:38 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Hello again everyone. Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming back to the program one of my favori...
Episode 016 - FOCUS-ON-FINTECH Series André Bastos, Co-Founder, Open-Co São Paulo, Brasil
May 21, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBWelcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world, including Fintech. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Today’s Episode is another in my Focus-on-Fintech Series where I provide you with a c...
Episode 015 - Redpoint e.Ventures, São Paulo, Brasil Anderson Thees, Managing Partner
May 06, 2021 13:56 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. We have what I believe is a very interesting program for you toda...
Episode 014 SPECIAL EDITION – Investing in Human Capital
March 29, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBDISTILLING VENTURE CAPITAL Episode 014 SPECIAL EDITION – Investing in Human Capital Projeto Sol, São Paulo, Brasil Sister Angela Mary, Co-Founder, Director Recording Date: February 24, 2021 Introduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. So, as many of yo...
Episode 013 - Sturgeon Capital, London; Kiyan Zandiyeh, Chief Investment Officer
February 25, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. We have what I believe is a very interesting program for you toda...
Episode 013 - Sturgeon Capital, London; Kiyan Zandiyeh, Chief Investment Officer
February 25, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. We have what I believe is a very interesting program for you toda...
Episode 012 - Alberto Gaidys, Chief Investment Officer & Founding Partner of Wright Capital Wealth Management Pioneer in Brazilian Fintech; São Paulo, Brasil
February 18, 2021 18:03 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBEpisode Overview: My guest today, Alberto Gaidys, was involved in creating some of the first Fintech companies in Brazil, even before it was called “fintech.” Settle in for a highly informative and detailed look at Brazilian Financial markets and Brazilian Fintech. Alberto takes you on a remarkably interesting journey through the creation of the first fintech companies in Brazil in which, as a pioneer, he was directly responsible with building. Some of the companies you will hear about...
Episode 012 - Alberto Gaidys, Chief Investment Officer & Founding Partner of Wright Capital Wealth Management & Pioneer in Brazilian Fintech; São Paulo, Brasil
February 18, 2021 18:03 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBEpisode Overview: My guest today, Alberto Gaidys is a Brazil Fintech Pioneer. He was involved in creating some of the first Fintech companies in Brazil, even before it was called “fintech.” Settle in for a highly informative and detailed look at Brazilian Financial markets and Brazilian Fintech. Alberto takes you on a remarkably interesting journey through the creation of the first fintech companies in Brazil in which he was directly responsible with building. Some of the companies yo...
Episode 011 - FOCUS-ON-FINTECH Series, Molecule Software with Sameer Soleja, CEO
January 29, 2021 15:10 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger; Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. [This intro para. is pre-recorded so you won´t hear it] Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. We took De...
Hyliion Holdings (NYSE:HYLN); Conversation w/CEO Thomas Healy
November 09, 2020 14:32 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. In today’s Episode, I have the pleasure to be joined by Thomas ...
Episode 010 - Hyliion Holdings (NYSE:HYLN); Conversation w/CEO Thomas Healy
November 09, 2020 14:32 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. In today’s Episode, I have the pleasure to be joined by Thomas ...
Episode 009 - Cryptocurrency Mining/Energy Operator Aurum Capital Ventures - (Revisit with John Paul Baric, Founder & CEO)
October 30, 2020 16:18 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. Well, today I have the pleasure of welcoming back to the program JP Baric, ...
Episode 008 - FOCUS-ON-FINTECH Series - André Bastos, Co-Founder & COO, REBEL - São Paulo, Brasil
October 14, 2020 13:01 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Welcome back everyone. Today’s Episode is another in my Focus-on-Fintech Series where I bri...
Episode 007 - FOCUS-ON-FINTECH Series - Yuval Brisker, Co-Founder & CEO, ALVIERE
September 01, 2020 16:13 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBShow Introduction – Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world, including Fintech. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Today’s Episode is another in my Focus-on-Fintech Series where I ...
Episode 006 – UNICORN-MANIA – WeWork & its Investors Confront Reality
August 05, 2020 18:24 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use Opening Observations: Hello everyone, and welcome back. I promised you in the prior Episode that I would devote t...
Episode 005 – UNICORN-MANIA - Redux; Failure of the Tech Press; The Sagas of WeWork & Uber
July 22, 2020 14:13 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use Opening Observations: In Today’s Episode I return to what I have termed Unicorn-mania, building on the subject of my first...
FOCUS-ON-FINTECH Series: Frederico Rizzo, Founder & CEO, Basement.io São Paulo, Brasil (A first-hand look into Brazil Fintech and why it’s attracting record investment)
June 25, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world, including Fintech. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Today’s Episode is another in my Focus-on-Fintech Series where I bring yo...
Episode 003 - FOCUS-ON-FINTECH Series: Frederico Rizzo, Founder & CEO, Basement.io São Paulo, Brasil (A first-hand look into Brazil Fintech and why it’s attracting record investment)
June 25, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world, including Fintech. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Today’s Episode is another in my Focus-on-Fintech Series where I bring yo...
FOCUS ON FINTECH Series: Federico Baradello, Founder & CEO, Finalis (1st modern broker-dealer & priv. M&A platform with customizable deal technology)
June 16, 2020 13:48 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world, including Fintech. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Today’s Episode is part of my Focus-on-Fintech Series As background, Wh...
Episode 002 - FOCUS ON FINTECH Series: Federico Baradello, Founder & CEO, Finalis (1st modern broker-dealer & priv. M&A platform with customizable deal technology)
June 16, 2020 13:48 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world, including Fintech. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech and VC landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: Today’s Episode is part of my Focus-on-Fintech Series As background, Wh...
Cryptocurrency Mining Explained - Aurum Capital Ventures (with John Paul Baric, Founder & CEO)
May 27, 2020 17:10 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: I would like to introduce Today’s Episode topic as follows; We hear a great deal about cryptocurr...
FOCUS ON FINTECH Series: Cryptocurrency Mining Explained - Aurum Capital Ventures (with John Paul Baric, Founder & CEO)
May 27, 2020 17:10 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: I would like to introduce Today’s Episode topic as follows; We hear a great deal about cryptocurr...
Episode 001 - FOCUS ON FINTECH Series: Cryptocurrency Mining Explained - Aurum Capital Ventures (with John Paul Baric, Founder & CEO)
May 27, 2020 17:10 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype that tends to dominate the tech landscape. And provide you with information you can use. Episode Introduction: I would like to introduce Today’s Episode topic as follows; We hear a great deal about cryptocurr...
UNICORN-MANIA: The Valuation Follies
March 12, 2020 20:48 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBIntroduction Welcome to Distilling Venture Capital. I am your host, Bill Griesinger Distilling VC is a visionary podcast that provides an insightful and informed view of the key trends affecting the VC and tech startup world. My mission is to cut through and go beyond the hype and Silicon Valley pop-jargon that tends to dominate the tech landscape. I seek to provide transparency and Opening Observations: Given that this is my inaugural episode under the Distilling VC label, I th...
Why A Startup Needs 16 Lawyers
April 27, 2017 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBFor detailed show notes and links go to MarkWKing.com/6 In this episode, I distill some positive and negative lessons about why a startup might need multiple attorneys. The short answer…lawyers are like doctors, they specialize. One size does not fit all situations. Equally important, entrepreneurs need to be careful about who an attorney has a duty of loyalty to. A lawyer that represents a company's best interest does not by default represent the founder. Also in this episode, I reintro...
Is A Startup Co-founder Essential?
April 09, 2017 16:30 - 21 minutes - 15.7 MBWhen you read about startups or startup accelerators, you almost hear about teams of co-founders. That’s because there most often, having co-founders is the right way to go. But can a solo founder succeed? What’s a poor startup founder to do if s/he can’t find the right co-founders? Just hang-out and wait? In this episode of Distilling Venture Capital, I look at these questions. Below are some of the articles and resources that I mention. For the detailed show notes and bonus information a...
How Do VCs Make Decisions?
March 13, 2017 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.9 MBVC decision making is one of the great mysteries of the business world. In this episode we look at the range of decision making models used by VC funds. Elizabeth Yin of 500 Startups wrote a great blog post on the topic. She was also generous enough to record some follow-up thoughts for this episode. The secret behind VC partnerships… The take home point is that venture capital funds fall on a spectrum with champion based decision making on one end and consensus models at the other. T...
How To Pitch Startup Investors
March 01, 2017 18:00 - 21 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode we look at advice from Hyde Park Angels and Rob Go of NextView Ventures about how to best pitch your startup to VCs or angel investors. We also look at what you can learn from a story Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures tells about an entrepreneur who successfully convinced Fred to invest without a pitch deck at all. Building The Perfect Pitch Hyde Park Angels As part of their educational series Hyde Park's team created a great outline for the story your pitch should te...
What Does A Co-Founder Actually Do?
February 01, 2017 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MBSatya Patel of Homebrew, Steve Blank of lean startup fame and Aaron Harris of Y-Combinator wrote three amazing posts about founders, co-founders, founding teams and founding CEOs. In this episode, Mark W King explores their best thinking and explains what you need to know. Start-ups Are Hard. Don't Go It Alone by Satya Patel, Partner at seed fund Homebrew Ventures Satya does a great job explaining why founders need co-founders both for their own sake and the sake of their start-ups. Bu...
How Do Venture Capitalists Really Make Money?
January 01, 2017 18:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIf you really want to understand a business figure out how it makes money. That's true for every kind of business. It's especially true in venture capital. Most people think about venture capital in terms of single deals. A VC's job is to essentially buy low and sell high. That takes a ton of work. In future episodes we'll take a look at how an individual VC deal makes money. Ultimately, however, venture capitalists make their money by managing a fund of venture investments for other p...
Know When To Fold ‘Em - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
October 03, 2015 00:02 - 6 minutes - 5.33 MBMy interviews with venture capital's most successful failures have proven that the sage old advice from Kenny Rogers still applies: "Ya gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away and know when to run." It's not time to run, but it is time to fold up the Venture Capital Coroner's Report. I just can't get a steady enough supply of guests to keep going. If you want to hear the three reasons people declined to come on the show, listen to this six minute episod...
Jeff Novich On What Made His Start-up Fail At Launch - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
July 15, 2015 03:57 - 41 minutes - 29.8 MBAs a serial entrepreneur Jeff Novich could spot a problem that meant opportunity. His Dad had one of those problems in his medical practice. Doctors' offices were drowning in paper and inefficient communication. Jeff and his dad saw an opportunity to disrupt how medical offices operate and at the same time improve patient care and satisfaction. It was a massive home run for Jeff's dad. But in less than a year Jeff walked away in frustration. Listen to this episode to find out who made h...
Co-founders, Paparazzi & Family...Oh My! Nikki Durkin on Start-up Relationships - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
June 11, 2015 11:29 - 30 minutes - 21.8 MBWhat were you doing when you were 18? Nikki Durkin was finding co-founders, doing the Y-Combinator thing, raising venture capital, dealing with reporters, replacing co-founders, raising more venture capital and otherwise trying to grow her start-up. Listen in to find out what she learned when it all collapsed. My Guest Nikki Durkin hails from Sydney, Australia. At the ripe old age of 18 she launched 99Dresses, an online exchange for used fashion. After starting in Sydney, she moved to Si...
When Should You Pivot? Gard Mayer On Making Critical Decisions - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
May 14, 2015 00:12 - 38 minutes - 27.6 MBGard Mayer's path as an entrepreneur has more twists & turns than a back road through the mountains. In this venture capital podcast he talks about huge success, complete failure & everything in between, pivoting his start-ups when reality set in My Guest Gard leads Invodo’s sales team, driving growth through expanding the client base and revenue while also growing relationships with existing clients. As one of the original founders of Invodo, Gard brings over 14 years of entrepreneurial ...
Did The Check Clear? Peter Schlegel on Needing Multiple Plan B’s - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
April 27, 2015 03:12 - 36 minutes - 26 MBPeter Vilsholm Therkildsen Schlegel had a path. Get seed capital. Launch start-up. Join incubator. Finish program. Get capital from incubator's loan fund to build start-up. Sounded good to everyone...except one person at the loan fund. And did I mention the letter from the Danish immigration authority? I'm Moving! Well sort of...just a new Twitter handle. I'm phasing out @VCCoroner and focusing on my personal handle @Mark_W_King. Click here for tweets about the podcast and other insights f...
Shut-up and Listen! Rachel Chalmers Explains the Biggest Mistake You Can Make - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
April 09, 2015 11:32 - 20 minutes - 15.2 MBRachel Chalmers knows your Achilles heel. After two plus decades sitting in Silicon Valley's front row watching start-up technology companies, she has a very clear idea of the single biggest cause of start-up failure. Rachel was kind enough to sit down for a few minutes at the Montgomery Summit and talk about it. Listen in to hear what she sees as most critical for entrepreneurial success. My Guest Rachel Chalmers has been a long time observer and analyst in the world of technology. She...
Not So Fast! Nag Palavalli on the Perils of Easy Capital Raising - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
March 26, 2015 11:21 - 29 minutes - 42.1 MBCan you raise venture capital too easily? Nagarjun "Nag" Palavalli, my guest on this episode, thinks you can. Nag's journey from dropping out of college in India to the fast paced start-up culture at the Alchemist Accelerator in Silicon Valley illustrates the pitfalls of quick success. Nag also discusses why the romantic notion of the lone entrepreneur building a start-up can actually kill a great idea. And Nag identifies the one person he wishes he'd talked to before launching. My Gues...