Apparently, Most Entrepreneurs Don’t Understand the Real Purpose of Venture Capital

<p>I was meeting with a founder who&rsquo;d been struggling to fundraise for a few months. His company was profitable and growing fast, and he couldn&rsquo;t understand why venture capitalists weren&rsquo;t interested.</p> <p>Conversely, I was struggling to understand why he was fundraising.</p> <p>&ldquo;But we have &lsquo;hockey stick growth&rsquo;,&rdquo; lamented the frustrated founder sitting on the other side of my desk. &ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t that what investors want? Why aren&rsquo;t any interested in investing? What more can we do?&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;What do you mean by &lsquo;hockey stick growth&rsquo;?&rdquo; I asked.</p> <p>&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; he said, angling his arm vaguely upwards. &ldquo;The past few months have looked like a hockey stick. We&rsquo;ve got big growth.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;What about the months before that?&rdquo; I asked.</p> <p>&ldquo;We only launched four months ago,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been growing fast and steady since we launched.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s great,&rdquo; I said, &ldquo;but that&rsquo;s not hockey stick growth. Hockey stick growth has the long, &lsquo;stick&rsquo; part, and then it starts to dramatically curve up as it nears the &lsquo;blade&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/swlh/apparently-most-entrepreneurs-dont-understand-the-real-purpose-of-venture-capital-11c63404aa66"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>