Most VCs generally break this down to 1) market; 2) technology; 3) financial; and 4) ‘operations’…..The entire due diligence exercise serves, at a minimum, to identify and mitigate the risks associated with the deal to the extent necessary honor the VC’s fiduciary duties to its LPs. Here’s a laundry list of questions entrepreneurs should be ...

Due diligence by an investor, seen from the entrepreneur’s point of view, is all good. Really. Here is an opportunity to really learn a lot about your business prospects and gain perspective. Yes, of course, some investors will use this process to see “how much they can get” and be impolite about it. Fewer than ...