Comments on: Disrupting Venture Capital? http://www.ensight.org/2006/01/28/disrupting-venture-capital/ I'm The Boss @ netmobs, past CEO of b5media, author of Blog Marketing and a hardcore Canadian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:21:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rick Segal http://www.ensight.org/2006/01/28/disrupting-venture-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-48804 Rick Segal Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:06:42 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2006/01/28/disrupting-venture-capital/#comment-48804 Jeremy, I certainly hope I am in town when you are in Toronto, please do let me know, we have plenty of free coffee. You've made some good points and asked great questions. Hopefully, as the thinking continues, your ideas and thoughts will be incorporated. Note to George: It is personal, actually, and VCs should take it personal. I want to be there during the good times, for sure, but I believe you and other potential customers will judge me by my actions where there was trouble or sales were off, or problems were happening. Then, as Fred Wilson put it, being your partner, a true partner, will pay off. At least that's my working theory! >R Jeremy,
I certainly hope I am in town when you are in Toronto, please do let me know, we have plenty of free coffee. You’ve made some good points and asked great questions. Hopefully, as the thinking continues, your ideas and thoughts will be incorporated.

Note to George: It is personal, actually, and VCs should take it personal. I want to be there during the good times, for sure, but I believe you and other potential customers will judge me by my actions where there was trouble or sales were off, or problems were happening.

Then, as Fred Wilson put it, being your partner, a true partner, will pay off.

At least that’s my working theory!

>R

]]> By: George http://www.ensight.org/2006/01/28/disrupting-venture-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-48801 George Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:23:50 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2006/01/28/disrupting-venture-capital/#comment-48801 That discussion is not new, but thanks for bringing it up. I think it is very important to take out the "nothing personal, just business" part first from the business and then the VC themself and the way the VCs look towards any (if not all) investments or investment opportunities. I really hope that sooner or later the VC companies will have exactly that in mind when business opportunities arise - experience, passion and personal approach towards to mutual goal of both sides - proper financial and business success. There is no way that I separate the VC and the business goals in general - better financial future and prosperity but that combined with the ansers of almost all your "what if" questions will bring to both sides not only the desired financial results ... many more things as well, tangible and untangible .. That discussion is not new, but thanks for bringing it up. I think it is very important to take out the “nothing personal, just business” part first from the business and then the VC themself and the way the VCs look towards any (if not all) investments or investment opportunities.

I really hope that sooner or later the VC companies will have exactly that in mind when business opportunities arise – experience, passion and personal approach towards to mutual goal of both sides – proper financial and business success. There is no way that I separate the VC and the business goals in general – better financial future and prosperity but that combined with the ansers of almost all your “what if” questions will bring to both sides not only the desired financial results … many more things as well, tangible and untangible ..

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