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Disadvantages of Venture Capital

By Mitch Kapor - Stanford
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Lecture Description

While entrepreneur and former Lotus 1-2-3 founder Mitch Kapor understands how selling finance can boost a burgeoning enterprise, his experience has also acquainted him with some of the disadvantages - mainly accountability and a forced schedule of progress.  Here, Kapor outlines some of the many alternatives to the traditional VC paradigm, including self-financing and angel funding.

Course Index

  1. Competing with Giants
  2. A Successful Business Solves Problems
  3. Disadvantages of Venture Capital
  4. Choosing an Investor
  5. The Great Talent Vacuum Cleaner
  6. The Value of Company Culture
  7. Social Responsibility from the Ground Up
  8. Balancing Information Asymmetry for the Entrepreneur