Shut-up and Listen! Rachel Chalmers Explains the Biggest Mistake You Can Make - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Rachel 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 ...
9 Huhti 201520min
Not So Fast! Nag Palavalli on the Perils of Easy Capital Raising - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Can 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...
26 Maalis 201529min
Nigel Grierson on 3 Fatal Mistakes Your Venture Backed Start-up Must Avoid - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Nigel Grierson has been investing in start-ups for quite awhile, first by launching Intel Capital Europe and then as co-founder of Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. To say he's learned a few things...
2 Maalis 201531min
Help Wanted: Jeanette Cajide on Finding the Right Team and Investors - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Nobody was better prepared for leading a start-up than Jeanette Cajide. She had a solid academic foundations in public relations, communications, business and finance. She'd done technology consulti...
15 Helmi 201539min
Herding Cats: Rick Faulk on Merging Start-ups - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Rick Faulk knew what it took to ramp sales for a venture backed software company. He'd done exactly that for WebEx prior to its sale to Cisco. Then he was asked to do the same thing as co-CEO for thre...
14 Marras 201428min
Learn To Take A Punch: Barry Weinbaum on Entrepreneurial Toughness - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Entrepreneurship is not for wimps. It's a good thing Barry Weinbaum learned how to take a punch when he was a kid growing up in the Bronx. He got socked by a massive telecom market meltdown, an over-s...
25 Loka 201445min
Two Tours of Duty: Kevin Naughton on Returning To A Troubled Start-up - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
Kevin Naughton had done the start-up thing and moved on. Then came the call: "We're in trouble. Can you come back and help us sell the company?" Kevin answered the call and returned for a second tour...
25 Loka 201434min
Waiting For Uncle Sam: Mark Redlus on Gov't Created Markets & Capital to Pivot - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report
It was a matter of when, not if. Global forces were pushing Mark Redlus' company ImageTree towards a huge opportunity. ImageTree's technology would be the gold standard for validating forest assets b...
6 Loka 201430min
