Charles River Ventures' "QuickStart" program ?

[ElliottDahan]

Has anyone had any interaction with CRV's QuickStart program ? Do you have any comments ? Do you have any thoughts on a traditional VC firm trying to work with the startup community ?

[akula]

well..good question
quickstart is an interesting product..here's the calculator
personally, we wouldn't buy it
the money is too expensive, and you don't get any value add because guys like george have too many investees to be able to add any meaningful value..in fact, george is so busy that he's stopped posting to his blog

so, no...crv is not our ideal venture partner. they're too big, too busy and not specialised enough