Comments on: Do Venture Capitalists fund a company with an intent to steal http://brajeshwar.com/2008/do-venture-capitalists-fund-a-company-with-an-intent-to-steal/ Brajeshwar is an ardent believer of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), he envision pushing the technical envelop time and again for the betterment of commercial and practical applications. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Silver-Bulet http://brajeshwar.com/2008/do-venture-capitalists-fund-a-company-with-an-intent-to-steal/comment-page-1/#comment-25038 Silver-Bulet Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:30:17 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/do-venture-capitalists-fund-a-company-with-an-intent-to-steal/#comment-25038 Its great to see other sharing these enthusiast online. Lot of good information. Its great to see other sharing these enthusiast online. Lot of good information.

]]> By: Anonymous http://brajeshwar.com/2008/do-venture-capitalists-fund-a-company-with-an-intent-to-steal/comment-page-1/#comment-15758 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:42:39 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/do-venture-capitalists-fund-a-company-with-an-intent-to-steal/#comment-15758 Your answer to the question is technically correct... but... While I am certain you are sincere, you are repeating misleading propaganda about a complex game that most entrepreneurs play and lose. This leads to a set of links titled "What you need to know About Accepting Private Investment... and no one will tell you!" http://alliancetalk.com/vcc.htm It explains what the game is, what the rules are, and how it is played. You can't win a game if you don't understand the rules. The VCs are not interested in stealing anyone's product. They frequently aren't even really interested in the initial valuation - that is a distraction for the entrprenuer. They just want to make money... and that isn't how they make it. Here is a sample quote: "THE GAME ISN'T CROOKED BUT ITS NOT FAIR EITHER -- I essentially agree. Our VC knew the game and constantly invoked little surprises and conditions with each thimbleful of cash that dolled out. The worst one occurred when the VC was bought out. They actually required that the founders take a lower per share price so that they could manufacture their 30% IRR target." Go look at the links: http://alliancetalk.com/vcc.htm Anonymous Your answer to the question is technically correct… but…

While I am certain you are sincere, you are repeating misleading propaganda about a complex game that most entrepreneurs play and lose.

This leads to a set of links titled “What you need to know About Accepting Private Investment… and no one will tell you!”
http://alliancetalk.com/vcc.htm

It explains what the game is, what the rules are, and how it is played. You can’t win a game if you don’t understand the rules.

The VCs are not interested in stealing anyone’s product. They frequently aren’t even really interested in the initial valuation – that is a distraction for the entrprenuer. They just want to make money… and that isn’t how they make it.

Here is a sample quote:
“THE GAME ISN’T CROOKED BUT ITS NOT FAIR EITHER – I essentially agree. Our VC knew the game and constantly invoked little surprises and conditions with each thimbleful of cash that dolled out. The worst one occurred when the VC was bought out. They actually required that the founders take a lower per share price so that they could manufacture their 30% IRR target.”

Go look at the links:
http://alliancetalk.com/vcc.htm

Anonymous

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