Comments on: What makes Silicon Valley VC’s different? They are riskmasters… http://nicolaiwadstrom.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-makes-silicon-valley-vcs-different-they-are-riskmasters/ A Swedish/European Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicolai Wadstrom on Tech & Entrepreneurship » Blog Archive » ETRE 2008 http://nicolaiwadstrom.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-makes-silicon-valley-vcs-different-they-are-riskmasters/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Nicolai Wadstrom on Tech & Entrepreneurship » Blog Archive » ETRE 2008 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:14:05 +0000 http://www.wadstrom.net/2008/06/12/what-makes-silicon-valley-vcs-different-they-are-riskmasters/#comment-1728 [...] shakers from all over the world, from Berthelsmann, Press, Entrepreneurs, Banks to VC icons such as Tim Draper and Swedish financial elite’s such as Marcus [...] [...] shakers from all over the world, from Berthelsmann, Press, Entrepreneurs, Banks to VC icons such as Tim Draper and Swedish financial elite’s such as Marcus [...]

]]> By: Henrik Ahlén http://nicolaiwadstrom.com/blog/2008/06/12/what-makes-silicon-valley-vcs-different-they-are-riskmasters/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Henrik Ahlén Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:36:55 +0000 http://www.wadstrom.net/2008/06/12/what-makes-silicon-valley-vcs-different-they-are-riskmasters/#comment-1280 Thanks for a great post! Indeed a different VC meeting compared to all the stiff Stockholm events I have attended! Over here the prevailing feeling is that all VC. really hate everything connected with risk, requiring belts and suspenders and allsorts of guarantees and then still backing out... So no wonder Skype never got any Swedish investors... Thanks for a great post! Indeed a different VC meeting compared to all the stiff Stockholm events I have attended!
Over here the prevailing feeling is that all VC. really hate everything connected with risk, requiring belts and suspenders and allsorts of guarantees and then still backing out…

So no wonder Skype never got any Swedish investors…

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