Guy Kawasaki on Venture Capital (pt 3)

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki, gave a speech at StartWorks, Silicon Valley in Spring 2008. This is part 1 in a 3-part series.
(c) 2008 John Montgomery. Film by Expert In A Box.

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[DannyBoy443]

@darianknight True, and good point. But, in all honesty, I don't know if anyone would be that stupid to just walk into or setup a meeting with a VC team and say that.

[Nomirule]

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[JunePTpwner]

Guy is a total twat retarded happa idiot.

[citopr]

Hey this guys eats his eye cold.. he picks it at1:07 and he eats its at 2:22.. Sorry.. I see all..

[siasabora]

brutal and candid

[arunkw]

I didn't get Forecast as when you are saying add one to shipping date divide by 100.

So if my shipping date is say 15 Aug 2010, even if I add 1 to that date and divide by 100. Is it that the answer value that I will get is a $ earning for that year.

[marcinnowacki]

First of all, such a company will not go to the VC, because they will prefer to get a loan. Of course VC would like a "no risk" high potential investment, the problem is, usually entrepreneurs are not stupid.

[Yilsherev]

I'm an italian student in management engineering. I found this video really helpful to improve my view of venture capitalists' needs and expectations, so I'll try to use all these advices in a business plan. Thanks mr. Kawasaki.

[darianknight]

If working capital is the requirement, and the company in question has the clients/customers already at their door. And all they require is working capital to expand until the cash flow gap is filled, then the obvious choice is to take out a loan from the bank, since the security of return is higher and the percentage for the ROI to the bank is much lower than a VC (which normally likes to see 10 to 20 times the investment and even a stake in the company). Of course it's a VCs dream come true ;)

[etamarL]

To darianknight: actually, your assumption is not necessarily correct. Companies need *working capital* to bridge cash flow gaps until their revenues arrive, and thus arriving at a VC with a solid presentation of why working capital is needed can still make a proposition viable.