Jeff Clavier, a venture capitalist from SoftTech VC, has given some excellent – yet very straight forward tips regarding e-mail pitching to venture capitalists. Here they are:
Avoid the cold pitch – meaning that get an introduction from someone who knows the VC. This way you’ll increase your chances of getting through. (src)
Starting with “Dear Sir/Madam” [...]
Looking at twitter this morning I noticed people going crazy about this new service that combines Twitter and FriendFeed, called Tweetree. The service is pretty much summed up in the picture above. It’s trying to create a platform for discussions from the way twitter works. I had a conversation with warzabidul on twitter about Tweetree [...]
First Round Capital has done an excellent Christmas card this year, especially during times like these. It’s really simple and even looking at it makes you smile and happy. Hope it has the same effect on you.
The idea is a simple clone of Where The Hell is Matt?
Hot news: Google buys Jaiku!
Read more on the Jaikido blog as well as the FAQ on the acquisition.
Update: VentureBeat reports through Valleywag post that the price tag on the acquisition is rumoured to be around $12M. This is something that I’ve heard as well from a few people.