Comments on: Aggregating Interests (or, why I’m combining my blogs.) http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/26/aggregating-interests-or-why-im-combining-my-blogs/ Translating Business Strategies into Financial Models Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:39:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Yinglan Tan http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/26/aggregating-interests-or-why-im-combining-my-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2762 Yinglan Tan Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:58:49 +0000 http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/?p=1607#comment-2762 Venture capitalists are like skilled chefs. Their dishes - the successful companies in their portfolios - are most valuable when the firms remain small and retain their own distinct style. When a chef tries to mass-produce a menu item, the dish loses value - scaling a batch beyond its ideal size degrades its quality. Likewise, when partners of VC firms take on too many deals and overstretch themselves with too many companies to look after, they can no longer add sufficient value to each portfolio company.<br><br>Tan Yinglan<br><br>The Way Of The VC - Top Venture Capitalists On Your Board (<a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/wayofthevc" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinyurl.com/wayofthevc</a>)<br>Blog: <a href="http://www.wayofthevc.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wayofthevc.com</a> Venture capitalists are like skilled chefs. Their dishes – the successful companies in their portfolios – are most valuable when the firms remain small and retain their own distinct style. When a chef tries to mass-produce a menu item, the dish loses value – scaling a batch beyond its ideal size degrades its quality. Likewise, when partners of VC firms take on too many deals and overstretch themselves with too many companies to look after, they can no longer add sufficient value to each portfolio company.

Tan Yinglan

The Way Of The VC – Top Venture Capitalists On Your Board (http://www.tinyurl.com/wayofthevc)
Blog: http://www.wayofthevc.com

]]> By: Taylor Davidson http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/26/aggregating-interests-or-why-im-combining-my-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Taylor Davidson Wed, 27 May 2009 02:19:36 +0000 http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/?p=1607#comment-2100 Thank you; I also hope it creates some interesting conversations by<br>bringing together different people; we'll see... Thank you; I also hope it creates some interesting conversations by
bringing together different people; we'll see…

]]> By: Sarah Q. Browning http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/26/aggregating-interests-or-why-im-combining-my-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Sarah Q. Browning Tue, 26 May 2009 15:15:20 +0000 http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/?p=1607#comment-2099 I like this. It seems like the best way to get work that is perfect for you--by showing people the whole picture of who you are. I like this. It seems like the best way to get work that is perfect for you–by showing people the whole picture of who you are.

]]> By: Taylor Davidson http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/26/aggregating-interests-or-why-im-combining-my-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2098 Taylor Davidson Tue, 26 May 2009 12:06:39 +0000 http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/?p=1607#comment-2098 Combining left- and right-brains in a more cohesive manner, FTW :) Combining left- and right-brains in a more cohesive manner, FTW :)

]]> By: Nicholas Tolson http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/2009/05/26/aggregating-interests-or-why-im-combining-my-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Nicholas Tolson Tue, 26 May 2009 11:58:47 +0000 http://www.unstructuredventures.com/uv/?p=1607#comment-2097 Personal branding, FTW! (Sorry, just had to say it.) Personal branding, FTW! (Sorry, just had to say it.)

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