I am not sure how many entrepreneurs understand the structure of venture capital funds but the bottom line is that while VCs manage funds, we ultimately report to our investors or Limited Partners (LPs). It is not our money, and we have a fiduciary responsibility to manage it properly and generate the returns our LPs [...]
Archive | June, 2005
The laws of supply and demand for VCs and IT Buyers
Jun 8, 2005
in Venture Capital
There is a supply and demand equation for every startup’s product or service. In early stage companies, I sometimes see too much from the supply side and not enough from the demand part of the equation. In other words, inventing great products that no one wants to buy is a waste of time, money and [...]
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Ed Sim is founder of BOLDstart Ventures and co-founder of Dawntreader Ventures. Mr. Sim has over 15 years of venture capital experience having led seed and first round investments in a number of high profile Internet and software companies.
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