How to Get a VC Meeting – the flowchart

Posted on October 17, 2012 by steve blank

I often get asked, “how do I get a meeting with a VC?”  Here is my slightly tongue-in-cheek view.

 

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13 Responses

  1. paul4innovating, on October 17, 2012 at 6:07 am said:

    Tongue in good-cheek. All ways they need to get out of the building

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  2. Alan Wilensky, on October 17, 2012 at 6:17 am said:

    At first I read associate as ‘asshole”, then I looked again. I was probably more right the first time.

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  3. JGraph (@Diagramly), on October 17, 2012 at 6:44 am said:

    Looks like a hypergraph, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergraph, in the centre, funky.

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  4. jason palmer, on October 17, 2012 at 7:18 am said:

    I am looking into game development, kickstarter seems the place to raise money these days.

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  5. bharatgupte@yahoo.com, on October 17, 2012 at 7:43 am said:

    Amusing, but so true!Best,Bharat– Sent from my HP TouchPad

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  6. Chris Pinter, on October 17, 2012 at 7:51 am said:

    If you have a business successful enough to attract a VC, it is more than likely you do not need a VC. A VC will take your company away from you and all of the profit…if you are successful or not…

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  7. Paul Scheurer, on October 17, 2012 at 12:19 pm said:

    All that Marc Andreessen had was
    Jim Clark. Who was all he needed.
    I think that VCs are a waste of time.

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  8. stcarolan, on October 17, 2012 at 2:40 pm said:

    Missing the arrow out of customer development up to the VC meeting (at least here at Menlo Ventures!)

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  9. aiturra, on October 18, 2012 at 11:41 am said:

    Steve,

    I don’t get the flowchart. What does the initial question refer to? That if you made some money for any other VC company?

    Best,

    Antonio

    Enviado desde mi iPad

    El 17-10-2012, a las 10:01, Steve Blank escribió:

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  10. Get out in town — TNL.net, on October 20, 2012 at 4:01 pm said:

    […] week, Steve Blank reminded sil­i­con val­ley it needed to get out of the build­ing in order to develop… but get­ting out of the build­ing is not suf­fi­cient when you’re trapped in a gated […]

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  11. Susan Anton, on November 4, 2012 at 12:43 pm said:

    Are silicon valley VC’s running an illegal technology cartel?

    What has your experience been on them manipulating industries?

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  12. Alex Tsai, on November 9, 2012 at 10:18 am said:

    funny…

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