Comments on: VC Clichés

By: Roshni Mahtani

Roshni Mahtani — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:15:21 +0000

Hahaha. Good Post. I'm in the midst of VC meetings, and I've heard so much bullocks recently, it's simply amazing. Lol.

By: Jack Sikma

Jack Sikma — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:41:09 +0000

Here is my favorite from Bay Partners, Cupertino, CA: "Sell more and spend less." Now what does that mean????

By: Business Opportuniti

Business Opportuniti — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:30:39 +0000

VC Cliches

Brad Feld: "We started joking about all the ridiculous things we (VCs) say on a regular basis. At the risk of exposing 'super secret VC information', I thought I'd write up a few of these phrases along with what they…

By: inluminent/linkblog

inluminent/linkblog — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:07:08 +0000

VC Cliches

Fun reading

By: Technology Futurist

Technology Futurist — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:17:39 +0000

Insight on Venture Capital Lingo Brad Feld has an interesting insight on what some VC players usually say on certain instances, ...

By: jal

jal — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:25:29 +0000

My favorite phrase a VC used with us was "you need to get enough traction to hit escape velocity" or, alternately, "enough traction to hit it out of the park".

By: The River

The River — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:26:00 +0000

Secret VC Language

My buddy Chervokas and I had a joke back in the @NY days about "secret VC language." He was still a journalist then, but a budding VC (and went on to join the now-defunct Primedia Ventures), and he'd occasionally launch into a discussion with a VC th…

By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 12:04:03 +0000

You omitted: "There is too much money chasing too few deals!"