Hellmann on Choosing Investors
Dr. Thomas Hellman is a renowned researcher in entrepreneurship whom we were lucky to work with at the Sauder School of Business @ UBC. He has sadly now left us for Oxford, but we were lucky to capture some of his insights for our e101 site.
Here, he is talking to e101 alum Matt Parson and Kinsey Powell about how to choose desirable investors and then initiate your communications with them. As you watch the video consider these questions:
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A. Based specifically on details of the video, what are 3 key investor-related issues that you need to be particularly cautious about in your particular venture? Why these issues and what can you do to address them?
B. What are 5 specific investor lessons that you should take forward from this video for your own venture? Why these lessons and how will you apply them?
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How to pick the right kind of investment from e101 on Vimeo.
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