VCs Suck – 5 Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Minimize The Pain

I hear on an almost daily basis a startup complaining about VCs, mostly about lack of response or lack of clarity. Having been both an entrepreneur and an investor I often find bell curves at work ie that a minority causes either a lot or almost no headaches, and a majority of cases that will occasionally have tension. Some of it is inherent given the asymmetric relationship — entrepreneurs are seeking capital, VCs have checkbooks. VCs incidentally have their own asymmetric relationship with their LPs, which is a topic for another day. What this post will focus on are 5…...