10 Questions to Ask a VC

After serving as the chief operating officer of Great Harvest Bread Co.(and writing a book about his experiences) http://www.tommcmakin.com/ , Tom McMakin spent the last four years learning about the private equity business from the inside. He had stints as an operating affiliate of McCown DeLeeuw and Shansby and subsequently set out to raise his own fund http://www.pioneerentrepreneurs.net/resource_tmcmakin_pcollins.php to pursue a "patient capital" investment thesis.

Recently, Tom shared his list of questions every entrepreneur should ask of a prospective venture capital or private equity firm.

(Many thanks to Dave Bayless of Pioneer Entrepreneurs http://pioneerentrepreneurs.net/ for passing this along. Russ)

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