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What Are VCs Good For?

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Jeremiah Owyang has today’s great post up titled Beyond the Money: Some VCs Provide Startups With A Competitive Edge. The bullet point summary is:

Thought Leadership
Strategic Guidance
Being Part of The Family
Ancillary Services
Umbrella Branding
Parties… eerr um Networking
Recruiting and Fundraising

It’s a quick read but with some great thoughts in it.

March 24th, 2009 by Brad Categories: Great Posts

http://www.blogger.com/home David Lawson

Very thoughtful insight!
http://www.reliableresponse.net Dave Rudder

I have a startup which dearly needs everything you've listed…except for money. I joined CTEK Stapleton a few years back and it provided a lot of this, but at the expense of time and money. And, in the end, I left feeling like I hadn't really gotten what I was looking for.

Do you have suggestions for a newbie entrepreneur who's not cash-strapped, but who desperately needs entrance into the community?
- http://www.jasonmendelson.com Jason Mendelson
  
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  - http://www.reliableresponse.net Dave Rudder
    
    Thanks for the reference, Jason. Next meeting is a week from today. I'll do my best to attend!
    
    BTW…loved your article on how to get fired quickly if you're a lawyer.