a VC explains how VCs work — The Startup Tapes #013

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Venture Capitalists (VCs) have an outsized impact on startups & entrepreneurs they invest in — and sometimes the world at large. But beyond the tweetstorms & headlines, the specifics of their business isn’t widely understood. Where does their money come from? How are their firms & funds structured? How does the pressure of returns impact their investment decisions? Kate Mitchell argues that VCs operate largely like startups, worried about giving good returns to their investors and raising funds, while doing something they’re passionate about alongside talented people. I catch up with my colleague, a partner at Scale and past chairman of the National Venture Capital Association to discuss what you should know about VCs, and how you should think about fundraising.

Guest: Kate Mitchell
Partner at Scale Venture Partners and past chairman at the National Venture Capital Association
http://www.scalevp.com/team/kate-mitc…

Host: Tim Anglade
Executive in Residence at Scale Venture Partners
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The Startup Tapes chronicle the highs & lows of building a startup, through candid interviews with founders, operators & advisors. Tim Anglade, an Executive-in-Residence at Scale Venture Partners and formerly with Realm, Apigee, and Cloudant leads the project with the goal to de-mystify the process through which startups emerge, grow & succeed. His unfiltered interviews transcribe the conversations we often hear in the boardroom, amongst our portfolio community and with entrepreneurs and partners we engage with every day.

Learn more about Scale Venture Partners at http://www.scalevp.com.

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