Tag: venture capital
Episode 466: Casey Aylward on Venture Capital for Software Investing
Casey Aylward, Principal at Costanoa Ventures, discusses venture capital for software investing with a focus on early stage. Host Kanchan Shringi spoke with Casey on the key questions an entrepreneur may have when starting to think about obtaining VC funding and what the VC firms look for. They also talk about what it is like […]
Episode 464: Rowland Savage on Getting Acquired
Rowland Savage, author of How to Stick the Landing: The M&A Handbook for Startups, discusses mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and why it’s so important for software engineering startups to know the details. Host Gavin Henry spoke with Savage about why a startup should always be thinking about being acquired, the ways to ensure that it […]
Episode 373: Joel Spolsky on Startups: Growth, and Valuation
Joel Spolsky (“Joel on Software”), founder and CEO of Stack Overflow, discusses lessons of building successful software companies. Host Nate Black spoke with Joel about the venture funded “land grab” situations vs. “bootstrapping with profitability”. How do venture capitalists think and how can you make fundraising easier? What’s the strategy to keep as much ownership […]
