| Venture Capitalists are often called Vulture Capitalists | | | | venture capitalists will work with many companies at |
| and until you read the book: Confessions of a | | | | one time expecting that one or two may make it to |
| Venture Capitalist, Inside the high-stakes world of | | | | a huge payout. The rest they expect to either break |
| start-up financing by Ruthann Quindlen; well you | | | | even or lose money and they will eventually dump. |
| probably will never understand how they got that | | | | The world of venture capitalists is about return on |
| slanderous title. In the book Ruthann explains what it | | | | investment in a very short time period and they are |
| was like working in Silicon Valley in a Venture Capital | | | | not looking for just making a profit they are looking |
| Company prior to the dot com bubble burst. | | | | to make 10 times or more the money they invested. |
| If you are considering getting venture capital for your | | | | There are many venture capital firms and often they |
| startup company then perhaps you should read this | | | | bet on the jockey and not just the horse. A business |
| book. After all would you like to sit down for a cup | | | | idea or concept may be very good, but if the |
| of coffee with a venture capitalist who has been in | | | | entrepreneur is unworkable the venture capitalists will |
| the industry for years before you go in pitch your | | | | have to pass. Please consider all this in 2006. |
| business plan? In the book they describe how | | | | |