Many venture investors are expecting the pace to pick up in 2010, with more money flowing into more deals. But it’s hardly going to be a funding free-for-all, and entrepreneurs making their pitches must avoid some of the mistakes that raise red flags in the minds of investors.
So said three prominent Silicon Valley VCs – Ryan Sweeney of Accel Partners, Ann Winblad of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Winston Fu of US Venture Partners – at a breakfast event Tuesday hosted by law firm Pillsbury Winthrop and auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers.
One common mistake, Fu and Winblad agreed, is pitching a new company as the certain target of an acquisition by a larger company – as opposed to being one that can stand on its own.
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Author: Timothy Hay
