--- title: Advice and Insights for Entrepreneurs | OnStartups | vc description: vc | Insights and ideas for software startups --- # Vc Posts Tags: - [All](https://www.onstartups.com?recent=true) - [#HappyInvestor](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/happyinvestor) - [#MostPopular](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/mostpopular) - [#StartupAdvice](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/startupadvice) - [Vc](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/vc) [Surprising Insights From HubSpot's $35M Mezzanine Round November 5, 2012 The following is a post from my friend and co-founder/CEO of HubSpot, Brian Halligan. HubSpot just closed its mezzanine round, so I thought I’d share some surprising things I learned… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/91669/Surprising-Insights-From-HubSpot-s-35M-Mezzanine-Round.aspx) [14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO December 28, 2010 Everyone thinks that being a startup CEO is a glamorous job or one that has to be a ton of fun. That's what I now refer to as the "glamour brain" speaking aka the startup life you… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/34321/14-Ways-To-Be-A-Great-Startup-CEO.aspx) [7 Uncommon Questions I'd Ask A Startup If I Were A Venture Capitalist March 24, 2008 Venture capitalists have a hard job. The good ones have to pick a small number of investments from a large pool of opportunities, often with minimal "data". If I were a VC, I'd look… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/4419/7-Uncommon-Questions-I-d-Ask-A-Startup-If-I-Were-A-Venture-Capitalist.aspx) Subscribe ### Get OnStartup News and Updates in your Inbox. [Looking For Tech Legends: Is Boston Not Thinking Big Enough? November 29, 2007 Last night, I attended an invitation-only event called "Thinking Big". It was organized by Scott Kirsner who is a Boston Globe journallist and also authors a blog called "Innovation… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/3027/Looking-For-Tech-Legends-Is-Boston-Not-Thinking-Big-Enough.aspx) [VentureHacks: Peeking Inside The Blackbox Of Venture Capital May 7, 2007 For those of you that are regular readers, you know that as a policy, I don't often do site reviews of other startup-related websites -- let alone pour gushing praise on a single one.… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1439/VentureHacks-Peeking-Inside-The-Blackbox-Of-Venture-Capital.aspx) [Startup Financing: Questions and Answers From A Recent MIT Panel April 13, 2007 This past week, I was on a panel discussion at MIT on the topic of raising funding for an early stage startup. Also on the panel was Michael Greeley from IDG Ventures. Michael was… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1380/Startup-Financing-Questions-and-Answers-From-A-Recent-MIT-Panel.aspx) [VC Valuations Are On The Rise: Is Your Startup Worth More? February 21, 2007 News was released today by VentureOne (owned by Dow Jones), which tracks venture investment data. Venture-backed companies are now getting pre-money valuations (pre-money means the… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1215/VC-Valuations-Are-On-The-Rise-Is-Your-Startup-Worth-More.aspx) [Startups: Competing With Venture Funded Rivals October 10, 2006 All of my prior startup experience has been with bootstrapped startups (i.e. no VC funding). As such, I’ve had to deal the situation where I found myself competing with rivals that… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/81/Startups-Competing-With-Venture-Funded-Rivals.aspx) [Why It Takes So Long To Raise VC Funding: The Emperor Has No Close August 25, 2006 If you’ve ever attempted to raise VC for a startup, you likely know that it is a long process that takes months. One thing I’ve found particularly intriguing is that outside of… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/110/Why-It-Takes-So-Long-To-Raise-VC-Funding-The-Emperor-Has-No-Close.aspx) [How To Watch A Startup Presentation August 7, 2006 This article is in response to an excellent article Paul Graham posted recently titled “How To Present To Investors”. If you are the founder of an early-stage startup and expect to… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/120/How-To-Watch-A-Startup-Presentation.aspx)