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Series on Trust: The VC and His Investors

June 26, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

I’ve been writing a blog series about trust.  I started with a post on how VC is a “trust business” and I highlighted why trust between an entrepreneur and a VC is important (more here for a post on “When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up”). Last week, I wrote about why investors (called “LPs”)  in VC

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Series on Trust: The LP and the VC

June 19, 2012November 9, 2020 Jo Tango

This is the second post in a blog series on trust. Last week, I wrote that VC is a “trust business” and I highlighted why trust between an entrepreneur and a VC is important (called “When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up” and is here). This week, I’d like to write about trust between a VC firm

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Series on Trust: When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up

June 13, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

We met with some of our large investors recently, and one of them mentioned: “VC is a trust business.”  He was saying that he trusted us. I’ve been thinking a great deal about what he said.  I think trust in venture capital is critical, and it is something that covers multiple dimensions.  So, I’d like

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Who should be in a start-up’s financing?

June 12, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

I’ve been meeting a lot of entrepreneurs these days who are thinking about whom to bring into a financing round. VCs call the group of funders a “syndicate.” Many of the entrepreneurs think of funding sources with an “either/or” mindset. Either they want to raise angel/micro-VC money, or they want to raise VC money. Personally,

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VC & conflicts of interest

June 5, 2012May 30, 2018 Jo Tango

I had dinner a few weeks ago with some entrepreneurs, and it got me thinking about how a VC manages potential conflicts of interest.  In short: does a VC give advice that is best for the entrepreneur or himself? To start, let’s talk about how a VC is a business just like any other.  The

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Sen. Olympia Snowe’s grit and perserverance

June 3, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

Here’s a very inspiring article from Maine Senator Olympia Snowe. It appears in today’s New York Times: When I was growing up, I would never have guessed that I could become a United States senator. Both of my parents — my father a Greek immigrant, my mother the child of immigrants — died before I

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