/2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/ A European Perspective on Venture Capital and the Internet Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/#comment-4095 blogging.vc » Blog Archive » Office Hours - Thanks for the great conversations! Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:43:15 +0000 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours#comment-4095 [...] blogging.vc A European Perspective on Venture Capital and the Internet « BV Capital Office Hours [...] [...] blogging.vc A European Perspective on Venture Capital and the Internet « BV Capital Office Hours [...]

]]> /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/#comment-3661 Copacetic » Blog Archive » Call a VC for a chat Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:53:41 +0000 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours#comment-3661 [...] Nice idea for directly contacting a VC (BV Capital), call them between 4-6pm CET. [...] [...] Nice idea for directly contacting a VC (BV Capital), call them between 4-6pm CET. [...]

]]> /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/#comment-3655 Charlie Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:14:05 +0000 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours#comment-3655 I do think there needs to be some kind of screen, particularly when you have a strict investment thesis. The worst that could happen would be that you sit through two hours of pitches of retail roll-ups when you're a strictly IT focused firm. I find that most of the entrepreneurs who call directly versus trying to build a relationship with us through our blog, by e-mail, or through introduction, are often the ones whose deal is least relevent to what we do---where we are not the best possible partner for them, regardless of how good their business is. I do think there needs to be some kind of screen, particularly when you have a strict investment thesis. The worst that could happen would be that you sit through two hours of pitches of retail roll-ups when you’re a strictly IT focused firm.

I find that most of the entrepreneurs who call directly versus trying to build a relationship with us through our blog, by e-mail, or through introduction, are often the ones whose deal is least relevent to what we do—where we are not the best possible partner for them, regardless of how good their business is.

]]> /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/#comment-3652 Jason L. Baptiste Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:39:36 +0000 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours#comment-3652 Awesome idea Christian! VCs are real approachable people too. I hope a lot of other firms follow suit with this. What's the worst that can happen, besides being exposed to more and more deal flow. Talk to you soon. Sincerely, Jason L. Baptiste CEO of Viral Ventures, parent company of uGather.com Awesome idea Christian! VCs are real approachable people too. I hope a lot of other firms follow suit with this. What’s the worst that can happen, besides being exposed to more and more deal flow. Talk to you soon.

Sincerely,
Jason L. Baptiste
CEO of Viral Ventures, parent company of uGather.com

]]> /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/#comment-3417 Startupgermany » Blog Archive » Venture Capital Bürozeiten Wed, 31 May 2006 01:10:33 +0000 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours#comment-3417 [...] Christian Leybold ist Venture Capitalist bei BV Capital mit Standort Hamburg und mit seinem Blog blogging.vc einer der wenigen deutschen VC-Blogger. Aktuell will er dabei helfen, VCs ein bisschen besser erreichbar zu machen: BV Capital Office Hours Many people are frustrated about approaching Venture Capitalists because they think VC is club for the well-networked, and there seems to be some voodoo around the fundraising process. While I have to admit that it sometimes takes me quite a while to get back to enterpreneurs who send me their business plans and sometimes I just don’t have enough bandwidth to read plands with dozens of 10pt size font pages, I do want to make sure that everyone who is interested finds a channel to us. I haven’t seen the concept of VC office hours before, so let’s give it a try! [...] [...] Christian Leybold ist Venture Capitalist bei BV Capital mit Standort Hamburg und mit seinem Blog blogging.vc einer der wenigen deutschen VC-Blogger. Aktuell will er dabei helfen, VCs ein bisschen besser erreichbar zu machen: BV Capital Office Hours Many people are frustrated about approaching Venture Capitalists because they think VC is club for the well-networked, and there seems to be some voodoo around the fundraising process. While I have to admit that it sometimes takes me quite a while to get back to enterpreneurs who send me their business plans and sometimes I just don’t have enough bandwidth to read plands with dozens of 10pt size font pages, I do want to make sure that everyone who is interested finds a channel to us. I haven’t seen the concept of VC office hours before, so let’s give it a try! [...]

]]> /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours/#comment-3403 Web 2.0 in Ireland » VC Open Hours - get on Skype for a call Tue, 30 May 2006 11:03:28 +0000 /2006/05/bv-capital-office-hours#comment-3403 [...] A cleverinitiative from Christian at BV Capital [...] [...] A cleverinitiative from Christian at BV Capital [...]

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