Comments on: The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Venture Capital – Part 4 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/12/the-entrepreneur%e2%80%99s-guide-to-venture-capital-part-4/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Linton http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/12/the-entrepreneur%e2%80%99s-guide-to-venture-capital-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-118160 Brian Linton Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:51:09 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/12/12/the-entrepreneur%e2%80%99s-guide-to-venture-capital-part-4/#comment-118160 Great list. Although I know VCs are a great way to go, not many of us can get them to invest in us. Of course we should never forget bootstrapping and our beloved family and friends (who actually are usually fairly willing to loan your venture money). Recently I have been talking to angel investors for a cash infusion into my three year old environmentally friendly brand of accessories and apparel called Sand Shack... so I will end with one word of advice ---be careful---just as evan mentioned, VCs are looking for an 'unfair' competitive advantage, why? Because they want an unfair amount of money in return (well, maybe not unfair, but they want a lot, so don't jump on the first deal that comes your way). Great list. Although I know VCs are a great way to go, not many of us can get them to invest in us.

Of course we should never forget bootstrapping and our beloved family and friends (who actually are usually fairly willing to loan your venture money).

Recently I have been talking to angel investors for a cash infusion into my three year old environmentally friendly brand of accessories and apparel called Sand Shack… so I will end with one word of advice —be careful—just as evan mentioned, VCs are looking for an ‘unfair’ competitive advantage, why? Because they want an unfair amount of money in return (well, maybe not unfair, but they want a lot, so don’t jump on the first deal that comes your way).

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