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Why Be an Entrepreneur Now?

By Heidi Roizen - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Roizen notes some of the opportunities available for up-and-coming entrepreneurs:


1) There is still a tremendous amount of capital. Mobius, in 2002, had $500 M - $8 M left to invest in one fund,

2) There is rationality for the market with respect to hiring, office space and expectations of people to work with,

3) Company valuations are still pretty high,

4) Collaborative efforts between entrepreneurs and VCs, and VCs with other VCs, are strong

5) Working with a VC is the one time in your life you have someone working for you and paying you at the same time.

Course Index

  1. Introduction: Mobius Venture Capital
  2. Investing Climate in 2002
  3. Why Be an Entrepreneur Now?
  4. Working with Venture Capitalists
  5. What Has Changed in Today's Investment Culture?
  6. An Attractive Team Has Youth AND Grey Hair
  7. Bootstrapping: Still a Great Way to Raise Money
  8. The Advantages of Profit
  9. Raising Venture Capital Today: Barbell Syndrome
  10. A Common Mistake: Treating VC money as Your Own
  11. Pay Back Time
  12. VC's Are Open For Business
  13. VC Startup Relationship
  14. Small and Large Funds
  15. Watching How People Handled the Downturn
  16. What Do the LP's Believe?
  17. Timing is Everything
  18. Why Take Venture Capital?
  19. Venture Capital vs. Corporate Funding
  20. The M&A Market
  21. Picking vs. Running
  22. Successful Teams and Ventures
  23. The Best Money: Customer Money
  24. What Numbers Do VC's Look At?
  25. Tips For a Good Pitch