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    20 VC 048: What Do VC's Really Add To Startups with Christian Claussen, Managing Partner @ Ventech

    20 VC 048: What Do VC's Really Add To Startups with Christian Claussen, Managing Partner @ Ventech

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    20 VC 048: What Do VC's Really Add To Startups with Christian Claussen, Managing Partner @ Ventech

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

    ratings:
    Length:
    22 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 24, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Quote of the Day: "Capital is a crappy differentiator". Dustin Dolginow
    Christian Claussen is a Managing Partner with Ventech, a VC firm with offices in Munich and Paris. He has 16 years of experience investing in innovation and he leads Ventech investment activities in the German-speaking regions of Europe. He serves as a board member for Picanova and TV Smiles.
    In today's amazing episode with Christian we learn:

    Which value adds are most important for founders to look for?
    How can Founders determine whether VCs will carry out on their 'Value Add'?
    What are the signs of VC bulls***?
    Will we see all VCs transition to Andreesen Horowitz service based VC model?
    How have VCs offerings to startups changed over time?
    What advice would Christian provide to founders entering a round of funding?

    Items Mentioned in Today's Show:
    Christian's Favourite Book: Phillip Roth: Everyman
    Christian's Article on VC Value Add
    Speex: Online Language Training That Really Works
    Andreesen Horowitz
    As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here!
    Released:
    Jun 24, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.