“ When you take any money at all from a big VC in a seed round, you are effectively giving them an option on the next round, even though that option isn’t contractual. And, somewhat counterintuitively, the more well respected the VC is, the stronger the negative signal will be when they don’t follow on. ”

Chris Dixon

“ Just because something is simple to build doesn’t mean it won’t be a good venture capital investment ”

Fred Wilson

“ People refer to powerpoint as a “deck.” There’s no rule that says you have to deal from the top of the deck in a pitch meeting. ”

Fred Graver