Paul Graham's Prescription For VCs: Move Fast, Take Less Equity

At the 500 Startups' PreMoney Conference last week, Y Combinator's Paul Graham gave a presentation in which he suggested a new way for Series A investments to get done. Graham provided a few suggestions for innovative early stage investors to differentiate themselves. It basically comes down to: move fast, and don't over-invest in startups just to get a certain percentage of equity.
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[@johntian5927]

Great post!

[@parasharjjjayant]

insightful point where he implied with rubber band example - those funded with more equity than money given for their need end up as failure more and those funded with more money than needed end up as failure more as well. This means there is a sweet spot between where a VC can give a company as much as they need for any preconceived equity.

[@parasharjjjayant]

Thats big company like projects or subsidiary approaching model!!!

[@HusravMahmudov]

Great speakers

[@1229kamiyar]

That was fast!

[@freddiewadling2090]

Fine brain, pleasant guy