So A VC Passed On You? 4 Ways To Turn The As*Hole Into An Ally

At Tau Ventures we get 4-5 pitches a day, almost a 1000 a year, and end up investing in 3-4.  A few companies don’t get our attention because the idea is terrible or there are questions of integrity. But most are very legitimate efforts, it’s just they are outside focus for any number of reasons — differing views (market, defensibility, competition etc), overlap with a portfolio company, stage, geography, timing, round dynamics (valuation and all the other factors), among others. So if you heard a no from one VC it doesn’t mean your idea doesn’t have legs. Obviously if you…...