20 VC 056: The Life Cycle of Startups with Guy Turner, Partner @ Hyde Park Venture Partners
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🗓️ 22 July 2015
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Quote of the Day: 'Invest in people who do what they say they are going to do and have done what they said they would do'. Guy Turner, 20VC
Guy Turner is a Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners where he focuses on fast growing companies run by ambitious entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas. All of his incredible findings can be found through his blog at vcwithme.co. Guy joined Hyde Park Venture Partners in 2011 from Boston Consulting Group where he focused on corporate strategy across a variety of industries; he started his investing career as an Associate and then actively investing Member of Hyde Park Angels in 2009. Guy has led investments in numerous B2B software companies and is a Director at Geofeedia, InContext Solutions and Iris Mobile. Guy is also a Siebel Scholar, Kauffman Fellow and a co-inventor on two US Patents.
In Today's Episode You Will Learn:
- How Guy made his move into the investing industry?
- How did Guy find the transition from academia to venture?
- Why is it crucial for startups to innovate, test and sell quickly?
- How can a startup determine whether their project is successful or if they should pivot?
- What are the three steps to the 18 month runway, all startups need?
- Do investors mind providing more financially to increase the runway?
- What can startups do to maximise the hype surrounding their business?
- Can hype ever be detrimental to a startup?
- What are Guy's preferences in terms of founders?
- How can a startup know when VCs are subtly rejecting them?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to episode 56 of the 20-minute VC with your host, Harry Stebbings, |
| 0:05.2 | and on today's show, we are heading to Chicago to interview Guy Turner, partner at High Park Ventures, |
| 0:12.5 | where he focuses on fast-growing companies run by ambitious entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas. |
| 0:19.1 | Guy has led investments in numerous B2B software companies |
| 0:22.8 | and is a director at Geophilia in-context Solutions and Iris Mobile. Guy is also a Siebel |
| 0:29.8 | scholar, a Kaufman fellow and a co-inventor with two US patents. Prior to joining |
| 0:35.9 | High Park Ventures, Guy was a consultant at a Boston Consulting |
| 0:40.0 | Group, where he focused on corporate strategy across a variety of industries. But as I said in the |
| 0:45.8 | last episode, my listeners are my friends. So if any of you are having any problems with recruiting |
| 0:50.4 | or hiring, head on over to Hiring Screen at www.hiringscreen.com and check out their |
| 0:57.2 | incredible blink algorithm which prioritises your candidates in order of quality and preferences. |
| 1:04.4 | And you know what, if you've got any questions, just tweet Richard Hansen at Hiring |
| 1:08.2 | Screen RH. Since I used Hiring Screen, Richard has become a brilliant friend and offered me a huge amount of support as to the recruitment and the hiring process and really how to optimize it. |
| 1:18.9 | But now it's time for me to shut up. |
| 1:20.4 | So here is Guy Turner, partner at High Park Ventures. |
| 1:27.9 | You have now arrived at your destination. ventures. Three, two, one, zero. |
| 1:31.6 | You have now arrived at your destination. |
| 1:33.8 | Guy, welcome to the 20-minute VC. |
| 1:35.8 | It's a huge honor having you on the show. |
| 1:37.1 | Harry, thanks for having me. |
| 1:38.1 | It's a pleasure to be here. |
| 1:41.4 | Now, can you start by giving us a little background about yourself and how you made your move into the VC industry? |
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