Distilling Venture Capital

When should you sell your venture capital backed start-up? Entrepreneur Dennis Clerke joins me to discuss the start-up CEO's critical task of managing a company's path to an exit.  Dennis discusses how to monitor your company's market environment and internal investor dynamics, so that you can exit at the optimal time.  We also chat about promoting robust team debate while avoiding cancerous team dysfunction. My Guest As President of Monetization Dennis leads the content-monetization business at NetSeer, helping publishers derive greater revenue and user engagement from display and enhanced search.  He also continues to work with other emerging software companies through his advisory firm DaggerBoard Advisors. Dennis has worked with a number of software organizations on issues such as business strategy, implementation, market strategy, product development and financing. Clients include 3E Company, Alliance One, Bunkspeed, Netseer, RealGifts, Nirvanix, Captaris, SpectorSoft and TitleTrac. Previously, he served