Comments on: Time Kills All Deals http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-kills-all-deals Greg Gottesman's Blog Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: bala vishwanath http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-265 bala vishwanath Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:38:22 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-265 Spot on, Greg. Good words of wisdom. Keep it flowing!

]]> By: greggottesman http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-253 greggottesman Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:27:07 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-253 Happy to answer your email. I am at greg@madrona.com.

]]> By: gm http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-252 gm Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:18:34 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-252 why have VCs so much time for blogging but not so much to answer to emails?

]]> By: greggottesman http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-198 greggottesman Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:44:40 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-198 Glenn – Thanks for the encouragement and pushing me to do this!

]]> By: Maya http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-194 Maya Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:42:37 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-194 So awesome to read your blog Greg!
This post rings true based on my own experience. I will be using your pointers here very soon :)

]]> By: Glenn Kelman http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-189 Glenn Kelman Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:05:28 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-189 I love the flavor flav image and wholeheartedly agree that momentum is everything. Great post Greg!

]]> By: Bruce Helberg http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-174 Bruce Helberg Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:43:43 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-174 Great post Greg. I agree wholeheartedly. Numbers 3 and 4 in particular. Urgency drives revenues.

]]> By: David Aronchick http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-173 David Aronchick Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:23:23 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-173 Could not agree more – especially “Understand who is sitting on the other side of the table.” Especially in the startup world, you need to understand that the counter-parties (likely) are bigger (aka are not going to have their year made with your deal), have more deals to wade through and less interest in bowing to your terms. That’s not to say you should give on any (or most) things, but expect that if you push, you’re going to lose it, so REALLY care about what you push on.

The other thing that startup folks frequently miss on this point is a total misalignment of goals. I’ve seen many people excited to be delivering $100k in revenue to a company who’s yearly revenues are in the 10s of billions. If they’re going to do a deal for you, the money is nice, but they’re looking for something else as the kicker. Understand what that is, and make THEM look good.

]]> By: Liam Scanlan http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/23/time-kills-all-deals/#comment-172 Liam Scanlan Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:33:16 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=59#comment-172 Great post, Greg, thanks. Your best one yet.

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