VCIC Training video

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by admin in VCIC

Watching the YouTube playlist
If the playlist is shown at the bottom of the YouTube screen, just hit the red bottom-left icon.
There are 5 videos comprising the training (YouTube limits the duration of the videos). In total, there is just more than 30 minutes of videos as part of the VCIC training. In addition, [...]

Shark Tank – extreme negotiation

Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by admin in VCIC

Pitching Element Bars, with entrepreneur Jonathan Millers, is one of the best negotiations I’ve seen on either Shark Tank or Dragons’ Den.
Watch, enjoy, learn.

Liquidation preference in Dragons’ Den negotiation

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by admin in VCIC

Two shows I watch every week are Dragons’ Den (BBC) and Shark Tank (ABC).  After watching a recent episode of Dragons’ Den, I was surprised by James Caan offering a liquidation preference as part of his offer using participating preferred stock. Typically in either show the negotiations are only focused on valuation with common stock.
In [...]

VCIC 2009: Pitch, Due Diligence, and Negotiation

Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by admin in VCIC

The five main components of the VCIC are:

Reading the business plans
Listening to the entrepreneur pitches (15 minutes)
Performing Due Diligence (15 minutes)
Creating the deliverables (term sheet and executive summary)
Performing the negotiation (18 minutes, 7 minutes Q&A with judges afterwards)

#2, #3, and #5 are shown in even tighter time constraints on BBC’s Dragon’s Den TV program. [...]

VCIC 2009: Due Diligence Q&A session, Part 1

Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by admin in VCIC

Having attended many VCIC competitions as a competitor, observer, and judge I wanted to share with everyone a few pieces of advice for the due diligence session. With such a limited amount of time, it is critical to prioritize your questions and manage the response time.
Manage the entrepreneur’s responses
Your time will quickly run out [...]

VCIC 2009: MBA competition season starts

Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by admin in VCIC

One of my most beneficial experiences in business school was the VCIC (Venture Capital Investment Competition). Many of my fellow VCIC alumni as well as those in the startup industry feel the same and support the competition through a variety of means.
In the next few weeks a variety of content will be posted on [...]