August 1st, 2009
Buying Money
“Your landlord doesn’t want your stock, Safeway doesn’t want your stock. They like cash.” -MJ
On 2009-02-04, MJ gave an hour-long presentation at CTI entitled, “Buying Money: Raising Financing when the Sky is Falling”.
This was deemed a more useful lecture than MJ’s “Raising Financing during a Bubble”, alternate lecture. Truly a great lecture, but kind of short and not really in demand right now.
This is the first MJ talk presented in video form. Do you find this presentation too long? Too short? Do you need it in an alternate format in order to digest it more conveniently? Please leave a comment so future presentations can be more easily consumed.
Thanks, -Gord (the videographer)
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| 00:31 | The goal: Sell your shares for cash. |
| 01:20 | Angels are getting out of the market. |
| 02:35 | Only those who get funded get talked about. |
| 03:19 | Business properties which ease raising capital. |
| 06:26 | VCs invest in you, not your business. |
| 08:04 | Be a cockroach. They live through anything. |
| 09:38 | Customer Development Model vs Product Development Model. |
| 15:49 | Right now is an OK time to launch a tech business. |
| 17:12 | Pre-money, post-money & one simple trick when asking for capital. |
| 21:08 | VCs almost never say “no” explicitly. Why would they? |
| 22:49 | Consider alternate means of raising capital. |
| 25:12 | Irrationally in investment decisions: Provide decision making tools. |
| 28:32 | Angels preferable to VCs. That’s why they’re called angels. |
| 31:06 | Some people get murdered on the way to work. |
| 32:34 | Do your homework on language of investors. |
| 38:39 | Seduced: Rationalization of investment decisions. |
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