venture capital
Greg McAdoo discusses evaluating startup companies for investment at Sequoia Capital
At StartupSchool 2008, Greg McAdoo discusses evaluating startup companies for investment at Sequoia Capital.
This is the last video that I will feature from this series. To watch them all, head over to omnisio.com and watch the rest (The 'listen to your users' video by Paul Buchheit is particularly good although it is very similar to his SS2007 speech).
Mark J. Macenka on "The Great Value of Avoided Mistakes" (Startup School)
On Saturday (March 24th, 2007) I attended YCombinator’s Startup School event at Stanford University. YCombinator, an innovative (and controversial) Venture Capital firm, works with carefully selected entrepreneurial startups over a summer session in Boston, and injects a small amount of money into these startups in exchange for 5% ownership of the company.
Mark J. Macenka, gave a great speech on The Great Value of Avoided Mistakes in startups. If you are interested in starting a company, or have already -- this list can be really beneficial to you.
Here is his advice:
- Don’t get too focused on control.. Many entrepreneurs get obsessed with keeping 51% of a company. Don’t get bogged down on dilution. Just get the money and get changing the world.
