Heidi Rozen from Mobius Capital explains who to make a good pitch at a VC

And here are some more tips of how to present:

http://eweek.stanford.edu/2009/media/Stanford_E-Week_2009_Pitching&Presenting_Workshop.pdf

Matthias recommended a Sequioa presentation about the end of the good times:

 Eldon also has some other, really cool, presentations about venture capital markets in his portfilio at slideshare:

http://www.slideshare.net/eldon

1. Transparency.

2. Relocalization.

3. Reduced power of gatekeepers.

4. Micro-trend Slopes replace Chasms.

5. Changing balance of power between big and small businesses.

6. Self-organizing networks beat command and control structures.

8. Ad $$$ will flow to measurable ROI models.

9. Bubbles will form and pop faster.

10. The end of 11 point lists

If you get VC in this times you could easily start riding with your company on one of this trends

more details here: 

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/startups_10_micro_trends_to_bet_on.php 

http://blogs.openforum.com/2008/09/09/plan-b-for-fund-raising
Very interesting plan by Guy Kawasaki how to borrow money of your friends for starting your company!

How to start a company without getting 5m Venture Capital..
You should also try out his link collection on VC
http://venturecapital.alltop.com

from: http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=339

May 28th, 2007

Do SaaS ventures need VCs?

Posted by Phil Wainewright @ 8:47 am Categories: Business models, Venture capital Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financing, Phil Wainewright

I had some interesting responses to my posting last week about Financing SaaS ventures. One of the most interesting got me thinking whether the best SaaS ventures actually need venture capital. Obviously someone needs to put up enough money to cover the founders’ living costs while they develop the application, although entrepreneurs often do that simply by leading a hand

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