Venture capitalists and angels all have an internal switch that can flip in a meeting with an entrepreneur. Something gets said that marks the entrepreneur as simply too green to invest in. Maybe the entrepreneur asks the VC to sign a non-disclosure agreement, or they introduce the CFO, who also happens to be their grandma. Call it the amateur alarm. What sorts of things can trigger it?
I was curious, so I asked a group of Boston venture capitalists and angels this week. Here's what they said.
Larry Bohn, General Catalyst Partners
Saying they are completely unique, and that there is no competition. Groan.
Elon Boms, Launch Capital
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Author: Scott Kirsner
