News & Updates - Friday, October 21, 2005
At The End of The Day, I Need To Get My Head Wrapped Around It
Here at the a:c, we often have IM conversations where we chat 100% in cliches. It's a fun way to pass the time. Some typical talking points:
"I am trying to get my head wrapped around it."
"What keeps me up at night"
"At the end of the day"
"Soup to Nuts"
"He is big hat and no cattle"
"I"m going to break his rice bowl"
VC Fred Wilson and friends are compiling a good list:
"There's no there there"
"Skin in the game"
"Shoulder to shoulder"
"We can move quickly"
"We're not investing in this space right now"
"You're too early for us"
"We DO seed stage investments" (when they actually don't)
"Sustainable competitive advantage "
"Orders of magnitude"
"Sweat equity."
"We provide more than just capital. "
"That's management's problem" as opposed to "that's a management problem."
"Its not just our money its our contacts "
"Now tell us what you would do with five times the investment amount "
"We're entrepreneurs too "
"They have a good story to tell."
"Let's wait until we get our guys in there to see where the bodies are buried"
"It's the golden rules. He who has the gold, makes the rules."
"We have a "hands-on" approach. "
"This ain't my first Bar-B-Q. "
"It looks good from my house."
"Someday this war is gonna end. "
"Water on the lectern. "
We don't have a problem building a bridge, but there's got to be another side.
"Friendly Fire"
"How will you reach the beach?"
"What's your Microsoft (Google)(AOL)play?"
"Eat what you kill."
"Scalable and repeatable sales process"
"Bowling alley effect"
What's your "unfair advantage"?
"First mover"
"Will the dogs eat the dog food? "
Read - VC Cliche of The day (A VC)
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