The Top 10 kinds of VCs to avoid

I merely copied the post of my TechCrunch colleague Mike Butcher. This is a short and a funny and a good one:

1 ) Mr. Armchair (Lots of opinions about Google)
2 ) Mr. One-Hit-Wonder. (Sold a dotcom in the late 90s. That’s it.)
3 ) Mr. Revisionist Historian (Invested in eBay after it went public)
4 ) Mr Arsehole (Nice one minute, nasty the next. Divorce is a hobby. Fun to get pissed with though).
5 ) Mr. Blue Blood (5th-generation money, smart, but always knows better than you).
6 ) Mr. Aggressive (Wants you to float next week).
7 ) Mr. Product Manager (Micro managing your business - and you - so you don’t have to)
8 ) Mr. Regurgitator (Brings up every case study, just not the one right for your business)
9 ) Mr. Imitator (Read an urban myth about a VC who got 20% of a company)
10 ) Mr. Retired-on-the-Job (Well off, but no longer mentally firing on all cylinders)

Oh, and here’s a bonus:

11) Mr Tranche (Happy to back you this year, but next year… well, let’s see how the first year goes)

Comments

[Lora Lufark]

I was laughing to death! Thank you for a great post :D