Georges van Hoegaerden

Georges is an experienced entrepreneur, CEO and Venture Capitalist, turned Venture Economist (by fate). Born in The Netherlands, Georges moved to Palo Alto, California some 15 years ago after a personal invitation from Larry Ellison and the result of his leadership performance in new media products for Oracle. He has since built the strategy and growth of a four person startup to a triple digit exit and has been the CEO, board director at three other early stage companies he raised money for and turned into high gear.

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VentureANGLE – Message to Limited Parters (LP) Venture Capital Has Failed

NEWS - BY GEORGES VAN HOEGAERDEN - 14 YEARS AGO

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Guest Post by Georges van Hoegaerden, is an entrepreneur, serial CEO, Venture Catalyst, Private Investor, (part-time) Venture Capitalist turned Venture Economist. George has been posting opposing arguments on his site VentureCompany.com against the current venture capital system and structure. Venture Capital as the primary financial instrument to innovation that takes the world by storm has ...

Idiot LPs

NEWS - BY GEORGES VAN HOEGAERDEN - 15 YEARS AGO

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Almost one year ago I wrote a wildly popular Idiot CEOs article that highlighted my affection for the crucial role of visionary CEOs at early stage companies, and how instead they are foolishly made/forced to believe that the directives from the company’s board (mostly VCs) will guide them to success. That article was meant to ...

Idiot CEOs

NEWS - BY GEORGES VAN HOEGAERDEN - 15 YEARS AGO

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That’s how one of the many CEOs that contact me recently described his colleagues who submit to Venture Capital (VC). This alternatively funded CEO describes other CEO’s that seek VC funding as idiots – with a 1 in a 1000 shot at a lousy valuation (52% Round A, 25% Round B and 15% Round C). ...

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