I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.
Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.
Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.
Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.
In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.
The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.