Distilling Venture Capital

What is The Venture Capital Coroner’s Report?  Why should you listen to it? And who is Mark W King? (and why does he use his middle initial?) Great questions that I answer in Episode Zero, The Prologue.  After 17 years in the venture capital industry, I felt it was time for a public forum to discuss what we’ve learned about entrepreneurship, start-ups, venture capital and business in general from the huge number of companies that have not ended in success.  In this prologue I explain my background in the VC industry and my plans for this podcast. My Background Since graduating from Wheaton College in 1988, I've been involved in entrepreneurial finance.  The theme to my career is loaning money to entrepreneurs who on the surface didn't look like they could pay it back. I started worked in international micro lending and urban development lending.  Then I took the plunge into Venture Debt.  Since 1997 I've had the privilege of working with the same core group of people.  We've moved firms a few times and experi