Pioneers of Venture Capital

Rick Segal pointed out a video today http://ricksegal.typepad.com/pmv/2006/04/some_serious_wo.html . It’s some of the fathers of the Venture Capital industry http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5631145475257447780 , and it is absolutely freaking fascinating.

Rick recommends you start at the 1:16 mark (it’s 2 hours long). I recommend that if you’re looking at getting funding, that you start the beginning. Open your mind. Let it challenge your assumptions. Take notes. Then look at your business afterwards and ask yourself how far off track you’ve gotten.

Here are some of my notes and thoughts. I didn’t think to start taking notes until about the 1 hour mark, but I’ll be going back and rewatching the first hour. It’s a lot of time, but it’s fantastically golden stuff.

Full Blog: http://www.ensight.org/archives/2006/04/02/pioneers-of-venture-capital/