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• Stories from the dark side – VC Musings

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• About – Stories from the dark side

  Researcher turned consultant turned investor, I believe nothing is worth it unless you meet interesting people, create something new and then make a story out of it. As a young investor I use this blo...

• Show me the Money! – Stories from the dark side

  This is the 4th in a series of posts illustrating how to pitch effectively to a Venture Capital Investor. The previous post in the series is here .The first post of the series is at Being Pitch Perfec...

• Value Creation 101: Transactional Business Models – Stories from the dark side

  In my post on Show me the Money, I referred to the importance of identifying the ‘value’ that is being created through the business. A couple of people asked me to elaborate on this and hence I though...

• So you don’t have monetization figured out! – Stories from the dark side

   This is an extension to Show me the Money.  I realized I hadn’t covered  non-transactional businesses or transactional businesses which aren't yet charging money to either side of the marketplace in ...

• Value Creation 102: Non Transactional Businesses – Stories from the dark side

  This is an extension to Value Creation 101.  It's often difficult to measure value from engagement or adoption led business models. I have been often asked in pitches that how do VCs look at such vent...