Comments on: Much ado about seed investing http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/ Ruminations of a Startup CEO Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:28:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Wealth Building Lessons http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-2153 Wealth Building Lessons Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:03:32 +0000 http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/#comment-2153 any chance i could get some seed money! any chance i could get some seed money!

]]> By: ts http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-482 ts Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:31:32 +0000 http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/#comment-482 Interesting point. Brings up the question: why spend any time with your companies at all? I guess I agree that time spent doesn't correlate with success, because the ones that are going downhill take SO much time. So the real question is, does more time invested by the VC correlate to more success than there would have been, if the VC hadn't spent the time? And if so, how much more success? Unfortunately, this is almost impossible to measure. Personally, I think that VCs can add value through experience and personal networks, and that it makes sense to spend time with portfolio companies. Interesting point. Brings up the question: why spend any time with your companies at all? I guess I agree that time spent doesn’t correlate with success, because the ones that are going downhill take SO much time. So the real question is, does more time invested by the VC correlate to more success than there would have been, if the VC hadn’t spent the time? And if so, how much more success? Unfortunately, this is almost impossible to measure. Personally, I think that VCs can add value through experience and personal networks, and that it makes sense to spend time with portfolio companies.

]]> By: fred wilson http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-479 fred wilson Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:55:46 +0000 http://www.oxyfish.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/much-ado-about-seed-investing/#comment-479 i don't think there is a correlation between the time you invest on a deal and the success of the deal. at least i've never found it to be correlated. so i just figure we should invest in the most interesting things we can find at the earliest stages, mitigate the risk by keeping the amount small upfront, and increase the capital committment to the company as the risk gets taken out of the deal. fred i don’t think there is a correlation between the time you invest on a deal and the success of the deal.

at least i’ve never found it to be correlated.

so i just figure we should invest in the most interesting things we can find at the earliest stages, mitigate the risk by keeping the amount small upfront, and increase the capital committment to the company as the risk gets taken out of the deal.

fred

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