Hemant Taneja

Hemant, a venture capitalist with General Catalyst Partners, talks not only about what General Catalyst looks for in prospective portfolio companies but also about what founders should look for in a VC, term sheets, and so on. An advocate of bootstrapping (is this rare for a VC?), he agrees with previous speakers that you should delay looking for VC unless you really need it, and make sure youve created something demonstrable and have a viable business strategy before you make that decision. What gets GC excited? Brilliant founders, solving very hard problems, addressing large markets, and being ahead of the curve.

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Science & Technology

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• sb
• startupbootcamp
• mit
• general
• catalyst
• vc
• venture
• capital
• startup