So what does a VC do when he doesn’t have a fund to manage? DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-Meir For almost a decade now the question “wha…
So what does a VC do when he doesn’t have a fund to manage? DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-Meir For almost a decade now the question “wha…
Don’t think that once you’ve seen the inside of the investor’s purse that the relationship can be trivialised. If anything, it just go…
Investors tend to have a purely financial focus, so it may be time to retool your strategy. DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-MeirThe global cre…
Funding temerity creates a divide that can starve promising innovation – where it is important to realise that even failure can be salient…
True entrepreneurial skill lies in the ability to generate fundamental value. DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-MeirIf the recent meltdown in fin…
There are alternatives when raising capital; you just have to go into them with eyes wide open. DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-MeirMost of my …
Aligning shareholder expectations with your funding source’s plans need not cause any problems, if you plan the process now. DORON BEN-MEI…
Are you the best person to run your company? It depends on who is asking the question. DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-MeirIf you’re trying t…
The bottom line is that the job of the entrepreneur is to deliver a financial gain for the VC – it is not the job of the VC to give the en…
These models have always been around, but the challenge for entrepreneurs is to find new ways to achieve scalability. DORON BEN-MEIR By Dor…
VCs will continue to gravitate to propositions that hold ‘today’ value not bound to imprecise forecasts. DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-Me…
Your pitch needs to be more than just interesting – it needs to be compelling. DORON BEN-MEIR By Doron Ben-MeirAll of us have either hea…
