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Phrase du Jour: Venture Tourist
Written by: Paul KedroskyArticle Overview: Here is my venture capital phrase of the day, complete with definition:
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Phrase du Jour: Venture Tourist
Here is my venture capital phrase of the day, complete with definition:
venture tourist. A venture capitalist who has no money in his/her current fund, and so has zero likelihood of investing, but meets startup companies and visits conferences all the same. It is sometimes viewed as inappropriate behavior, especially if said VC doesn't disclose the unlikeliness of ever investing.
Usage: "Yeah, our current fund is fully committed, so I'm mostly being a venture tourist these days."
Article Tags: conferences, current fund, inappropriate behavior, likelihood, money, phrase of the day, startup companies, vc, venture capital, venture capitalist
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About the Author: Paul Kedrosky RSS for Paul's articles - Visit Paul's website Dr. Kedrosky is currently the Executive Director of the William J. von Liebig Center in San Diego, California. Using an innovative seed capital program, the Center catalyzes the commercialization of technologies from the internationally-ranked University of California, San Diego. Dr. Kedrosky is also a venture investor with Ventures West, Canada's largest institutional venture capital firm, where he is most active in consumer technologies and software. He is currently on the board of Marqui Corporation, a marketing automation software company. Click here to visit Paul's website Angels Sure VCs Sure But Not Both Seven Years of Bad Luck or Bad Growth or Something All Happy Subways are Alike Go to Africa Young Investor The Top Ten Signs the Valley is on Tilt Again |
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