Sramana Mitra: We actually do a lot of work with bootstrapped entrepreneurs partly because our mission is to help as many entrepreneurs be successful as possible. I can tell you the vast majority of these entrepreneurs should not be raising money. They just don’t have the TAM to do a VC-funded company. The truth is,
Sramana Mitra: There are a few issues with what you said. At a 30,000 foot level, what you said is true. When you start peeling the onion and poking in the guts of that statement, there are lots of issues. One is, if you are looking for somebody to write you a check based on
Sramana Mitra: What you’re saying is counter to the trend of the venture capital industry right now. It has become the age of lean startups at the early stages these days where entrepreneurs are expected to bootstrap to significant traction before they get to Series A. What you are doing is more the fat startup
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Asheem Chandna, Greylock Ventures was recorded in September 2016. Asheem Chandna, General Partner at Greylock Ventures, talks on the topic of funding fat startups, something Asheem has done routinely, one of the very few