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This Week in Venture Capital #24 with Seth Sternberg of Meebo

Wednesday's at 2pm (PST)

This week we have Seth Sternberg, co-founder & CEO of Meebo.

  • http://twitter.com/LutzVA Lutz VA

    Great roller coaster!

  • http://twitter.com/LutzVA Lutz VA

    or definitely one interesting roller coaster! Good guy, love to hear Seth talking.

  • http://twitter.com/LutzVA Lutz VA

    I dont know him, so I dont know if right now is a pretty bad situation through the movie, but I think Sean Parker would be a really great talk for this show & context.

  • Judo

    Does anyone else think this is now just like TWiST? An interview with an entrepreneur, there’s very little VC content… Was hoping for some news, deals etc…

  • AudioSeeker

    what happened to mp3s?

  • Jw

    This website is awful for just downloading the mp3 quickly.

  • guest

    how to fine entrepreneur partner?

  • http://twitter.com/zachcb1 Zach B

    Lots of good info on this episode, here are a few of my notes:
    -Always have a continuous feedback cycle from your viewers. Make it easy for them to give you feedback (ie forums)
    -If you really believe in something, go at it 100%. Nothing should stop you.
    -Always have great mentors
    -Sequoia is probably the best VC firm in the world.
    -Consensus doesn’t scale.
    -Have meeting with your venture capitalists and board members (individually?) separate of every meeting. Eliminates surprises. About 2 weeks before the meetings. These discussions are more important than board meetings.
    -35% of internet is social communications. 65% is not social (content, gaming, etc) but will have a social layer.
    -Great skills but no culture fit is a no hire.
    -If you’re a nobody with no traction, it’s almost impossible to meet VC’s. If you’re a nobody with traction, you meet more VC’s.
    -Startups must stay focused. Avoid founder ADHD as much as possible.

    I’m sure I’m missing something, it was such a great episode.