How to Raise Money with Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, and Parker Conrad (HtSaS 2014: 9)

8:48 Bootstrap as long as you possibly can
10:27 Raising venture is the easiest thing a startup founder is ever going to do, as compared to recruiting engineers (particularly engineer #20). Almost everything you'll ever do will be harder than raising venture capital.

Author — @christopherarmstrong2710

Thanks for sharing, this is an incredibly valuable video. Love that line "Be so good they can't ignore you" followed by "Be VERY precise". That is solid gold.

Author — @davidwhitney2524

12:49 Seed round: product risk, founding team risk
12:57 Series A: product risk, recruiting risk, customer risk

Author — @memoryfab

Thanks for sharing this, can’t wait to apply these lessons 🙌🏾

Author — @thearclight

Why so few people watch these videos? They're so useful and interesting.

Author — @ermiasdeangeli3191

This is wonderful, thanks for sharing.

Author — @jamesomolo2338

1. Born leader
2. Personal problem and obsessed
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Author — @aemericenglish2417

great mindshare to debunk entrepreneurial tales -Txs.

Author — @glasser2819

Am I an anti-founder fit if I watch this video?!

Author — @Sanerah

You have to be: sub-30 yo, graduated from a top-tier american university/having worked for big tech, be in the valley and be known in the elitist VC circles (including YC). Sad but true

Author — @vapeurdepisse

Who was better than the other, Sergy or Larry?

Author — @bernardmomanyinyagaka1051

It is all services and big-brother utilities, not a single example of a productive industry.

Author — @zofe

take everything they say with a grain of salt because looking at their portfolios, they are all talking bullshit

Author — @Eline_Meijer

Nice of this moderator to dress up for the occasion.

Author — @TallDrink911

Vc talks alot about trust but would you tell your kid to trust a Stranger

Author — @vlogmoinc5597

The host looks like Open AI founder Sam altman

Author — @shreykhokhra7624

One comment besides what I intend to type here? Wow where is everyone who need this insight? 🐒

Author — @maximusandsenecagloballlc1209

wrr, no such thing as communix skill or sentence or do or patientx or etc, cepuxuax, say, do, can say, do any nmw and any s perfx

Author — @zes3813

No, Ummm kidding, ummmm. stop, ummmm, no wonder why 60..ummmm. Jesus! ummm

Author — @markrussellfilaroski5035