Comments for Can I Buy A Vowel? http://bradsvrluga.com Thoughts & reflections of a vowel-challenged VC Thu, 02 May 2013 01:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Damn That Was Scary! Reflections on the Irrelevance of VCs & the Fallibility of Technology by Brad Svrluga http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/05/01/damn-that-was-scary-reflections-on-the-irrelevance-of-vcs-the-fallibility-of-technology/#comment-427 Thu, 02 May 2013 01:54:00 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=568#comment-427 Thanks – I’ll stick to the VC thing. Afraid I’ve now run out of material for suspense novels. I can’t make it up.

]]> Comment on Damn That Was Scary! Reflections on the Irrelevance of VCs & the Fallibility of Technology by Brad Svrluga http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/05/01/damn-that-was-scary-reflections-on-the-irrelevance-of-vcs-the-fallibility-of-technology/#comment-426 Thu, 02 May 2013 01:53:11 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=568#comment-426 Will be back out there soon. Might pick a different airline though – karma improvement.

]]> Comment on Damn That Was Scary! Reflections on the Irrelevance of VCs & the Fallibility of Technology by Brad Svrluga http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/05/01/damn-that-was-scary-reflections-on-the-irrelevance-of-vcs-the-fallibility-of-technology/#comment-425 Thu, 02 May 2013 01:52:43 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=568#comment-425 Thanks for the thoughts, Jeremy. Glad you got something out of a prior post. And hopefully there’s some truth to your suggestion that people might notice a bit more time away, but genuinely, the awareness that one is by no means critical to the day-to-day workings of things is a humbling and helpful realization. It will also leave me even more guilt-free when I take off for vacation this summer!

]]> Comment on Damn That Was Scary! Reflections on the Irrelevance of VCs & the Fallibility of Technology by Dan Teree http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/05/01/damn-that-was-scary-reflections-on-the-irrelevance-of-vcs-the-fallibility-of-technology/#comment-424 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:41:18 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=568#comment-424 Brad – wow! The Ticketfly Team certainly missed you on Tuesday! I’ve never heard of a virus like that. Glad you’re back in the saddle and thanks for the post. – Dan

]]> Comment on Damn That Was Scary! Reflections on the Irrelevance of VCs & the Fallibility of Technology by jeremym@fsastore.com http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/05/01/damn-that-was-scary-reflections-on-the-irrelevance-of-vcs-the-fallibility-of-technology/#comment-423 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:00:23 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=568#comment-423 Glad all is well, its interesting I got this as I was recently thinking about one of your posts about the “right time is now.” I took a a lot of value from that post and recently saw it play out in a candidate we were trying to hire that we were just a couple days short of adding him to the roster before it was too late. So, I wouldn’t discount your involvement and importance in shaping the roles for founders and companies. you might not be missed for 48 hours but I guarantee if you walk away for good you’d find all if not most of your portfolio companies crawling back to get some time with you so they can get advice, leadership or know how on one of the thousands of business decisions we make or contemplate each day.

Glad all is well.

Jeremy

]]> Comment on Damn That Was Scary! Reflections on the Irrelevance of VCs & the Fallibility of Technology by meredith collins (@meredithcollinz) http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/05/01/damn-that-was-scary-reflections-on-the-irrelevance-of-vcs-the-fallibility-of-technology/#comment-422 Wed, 01 May 2013 19:56:39 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=568#comment-422 Whoa! Glad you are on the mend! Smart to use life’s interruptions for a moment of introspection and gratitude….and if you get bored doing the VC thing, a couple of suspense novels could be in your future – good, exciting writing! Glad there was a happy ending!

]]> Comment on Start in the Bullpen: The Key to Landing Your Perfect Investor by bill bowen http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/03/26/start-in-the-bullpen/#comment-388 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:52:40 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=560#comment-388 From a lifetime of buying stuff in large corporations, I like this sequence. I’d just add that you should structure the early pitches so that they can’t accidently get to “yes”. Maybe they can wind up there, but you want to be sure that you get a chance to talk to the folks who you think would make the best partner.

]]> Comment on The Dead Simple Secret to Startup Success: Ask for the Order by Brad Svrluga http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/03/05/ask-for-the-order/#comment-379 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:47:20 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=557#comment-379 Kudos – keep it up!

]]> Comment on The Dead Simple Secret to Startup Success: Ask for the Order by Brad Svrluga http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/03/05/ask-for-the-order/#comment-378 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:46:54 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=557#comment-378 Indeed…you should conclude nothing from your failure to win beyond that you failed to ask for the order!

]]> Comment on The Dead Simple Secret to Startup Success: Ask for the Order by Cathleen Colehour http://bradsvrluga.com/2013/03/05/ask-for-the-order/#comment-376 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:49:28 +0000 http://bradsvrluga.com/?p=557#comment-376 Great timing, Brad–we were pitching investors this morning, and I made sure to “ask for the order”. Thanks for a great reminder!

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