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Venture investors in Silicon Valley are frequent prey of startup founders who spot them in public places — and semi-public places — and start pitching. Last night, a discussion about awkward pitches led four VCs on a panel for the Silicon Valley Business Journal's annual Pitch event to tell tales from the mens room. The consensus? There's no good way to do it.

Image: http://www.bizjournals.com/ - When do shake hands during a bathroom pitch? Pondering awkward moments at our annual pitch event, from left, Senior Technology Reporter Cromwell Schubarth, Arif Janmohamed of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Rick Yang of New Enterprise Associates, Sunil Nagaraj of Bessemer Venture Partners and Boris Silver of FundersClub. 

To read the original article: How do you pitch a VC in the bathroom? Step 1: Don't - Silicon Valley Business Journal