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Where Have All the Venture Capitalists Gone?

Posted by Cliff on Monday June 14, 2004 @08:20PM from the show-me-tha-money dept.

artlu asks: "I have a great idea for a dotcom company, and I just started to execute the initial stages of my business plan. I developed the initial website, gained a user base, and am about to incorporate in Florida. Now I need to find a venture capitalist! However, every capitalist I approach is fearful of dotcoms. I ask the Slashdot community: How do I find a post-bubble dotcom investor?"

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Re:Stop calling it that. by Scorchio · 2004-06-15 01:51 · Score: 2, Interesting

Couldn't agree more. I did the rounds with various VCs a couple of years ago in an attempt to fund development of software that primarily communicated over the internet. Just mentioning "internet" made these folks turn pale...

Calling your business a dotcom will likely have them burning you at the stake before you can use the word "leverage".