VC Cliche of the Week
I don’t have the inspiration this morning so I am going to turn this post over to the readers.
Please post your favorite VC cliches in the comments section and I’ll bring them up to the front page.
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Thanks everyone! I may reblog some of these. Go to the comments to get the explanations for them.
"There’s no there there" – Charlie
"skin in the game" – Simon
"shoulder to shoulder" – Simon
"We can move quickly" – Jay Rand
"We’re not investing in this space right now" – Charlie Crystle
"You’re too early for us" – Derek Scruggs
"We DO seed stage investments" (when they actually don’t) – Simon Veingard
Sustainable competitive advantage – Daniel Nerezov
"Orders of magnitude" – Greg
"Sweat equity." – Joe
We provide more than just capital. – Alistair
"That’s management’s problem" as opposed to "that’s a management
problem." – Tom Evslin
Its not just our money its our contacts – Brian
now tell us what you would do with five times the investment amount – Brian
we’re entrepreneurs too – Brian
"They have a good story to tell." – Keith Alioto
"let’s wait until we get our guys in
there to see where the bodies are buried" – Keith Alioto
"It’s the golden rules. He who has the gold, makes the rules." – Flint
We have a "hands-on" approach. – Hooman Radfar
This ain’t my first Bar-B-Q. – Jackson
It looks good from my house. – Jackson
Someday this war is gonna end. – Jackson
Water on the lectern. – Jackson
We don’t have a problem building a bridge, but there’s got to be another side. – Johannes Ernst
Friendly Fire – Ken Berger
"How will you reach the beach?" – David Churbuck
"What’s your Microsoft (Google)(AOL)play?" – David Churbuck
"Eat what you kill." – David Churbuck
Scalable and repeatable sales process. – Chris Yeh
"bowling alley effect" – Ruchit
What’s your "unfair advantage"? – An Entrepreneur
"First mover" – An Entrepreneur
Will the dogs eat the dog food? – Bill Bryant
"Can Microsoft develop this too?" – Caspar
"defensible intellectual property" – Bob Chatham
"this will be a long movie" and "I’ve seen this movie before" – Toni
"let’s drain this swamp" – Toni
"Too much has to go right for you to succeed." – Mark Sigal
"Who do you look like?" – Mark Sigal
"It’s as deadly to be too early as it is to be too late." – Mark Sigal
Deal Rhythm. – Daniel Nerezov
"Value-Added Investor" – James Haft
What’s your value add? – David Cavalier
Let’s not reinvent the wheel – David Cavalier
We’re "value added" investors – David Cavalier
We need smart money in the deal – David Cavalier
Let’s see how they block and tackle – David Cavalier
"Forecasting rain is one thing, building an ark is another." – Mike Santer
"In the beginning
you need the barbarians." – Mike Santer/John Chambers
"If you don’t know your meat,
you better know your butcher." – Mike Santer
"There’s always more month at the end of the money." – Mike Santer
"If you are not the lead dog, the scenery never changes." – Mike Santer
"Make dust or eat dust." – Mike Santer
"Second place is still losing." – Mike Santer
"That Company’s multiple (earnings or sales) discounts not only
the future, but also the hereafter." – Mike Santer
"It doesn’t much signify whom one marries, for one is sure to
find next morning that it was someone else." – Mike Santer
"You’re telling Noah about high water." – Mike Santer
"Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered" – Greg Haslam
"there’s a lot of hair on that deal" – Greg Haslam