Comments on: 3 Themes to avoid now in your VC pitch http://gigaom.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Arpit Jain http://gigaom.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/#comment-182883 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:45:19 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/#comment-182883 If someone wants to offer the user free services, to increase the user participation what’s the harm in Google Adsense as the source(only) for money. Moreover, for a web service what can be the other plausible ways to make money according to you ?

]]> By: Three Ideas To Avoid When Pitching to a VC | Crenk http://gigaom.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/#comment-182882 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:36:57 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/#comment-182882 [...] week FoundRead had a chat with Josh Kopelman founder of Half.com, then sold it to eBay and became a VC. Josh [...]

]]> By: David Mullings http://gigaom.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/#comment-182881 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:24:11 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/10/18/three-themes-to-avoid-now-in-a-vc-pitch/#comment-182881 Great post and some insightful tips (some not that surprising).

The big question is how does a small company with an independent idea for how to make money, a clear business model, a sizable worldwide market, no need to be acquired and a strategy not totally dependent on the web land meetings with VC firms?

My company fits that bill – I have even been told this by one VC so far – but we want to talk to more.

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