Ask an Open Source Venture Capitalist

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 4, 2006 @05:10AM from the Money-isn't-everything-but-having-some-never-hurts dept.

Richard Gorman, of Bay Partners, is a venture capitalist. Part of his job is to seek out and finance open source companies. He's not easy to snow technically; he has a Master's degree in Computer Science from MIT. And he's not easy to snow financially, either; he also has a Master's in Management. This is a golden opporttunity for all you budding entrepreneurs out there to find out exactly what a tech-hip, management-hip venture capitalist looks for in an open source-based startup. (As always, Slashdot interview rules apply.)

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one question... by spirit_fingers · 2006-10-04 05:25 · Score: 1, Redundant

What are the most common mistakes that tech startups make when they approach VCs such as yourself?
Re:How did you get your job? by malahoo · 2006-10-04 07:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'm also considering a career in VC. What is the lifestyle like? How do the hours compare to, say, the 24x7x365 in a start-up, or the 9-to-5 of an accountant?

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