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A comment on Ask HN: I got an intro to a VC, but am not ready to pitch. Now what?.

Re:Ask HN: I got an intro to a VC, but am not ready to pitch... by pg on Thursday February 11, 2010 @11:24AM (#1117930)
Was it to an associate or partner? If to an associate, it doesn't matter what you do, because it wasn't actually worth anything: meetings with associates almost never lead to deals.

If it's to a partner, I'd ask the partner. Say "we're not raising money yet. Would you like us to come in and have an informal convo, or would you rather wait?" Then most of the pressure's off, but you can still start a conversation that might lead to funding later. Or in the ideal case the partner will say "I love this so much I want to invest now." But don't get your hopes up about that.

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Re:Ask HN: I got an intro to a VC, but am not ready to pitch... by kolosy on Thursday February 11, 2010 @11:40AM (#1117978)
"founding general partner" is what the bio page says.
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Re:Ask HN: I got an intro to a VC, but am not ready to pitch... by pg on Thursday February 11, 2010 @12:53PM (#1118192)
That's definitely a partner. Though ironically it is likely to mean this isn't a top tier firm. Most of the top firms (with the exception of e.g. Union Sq and Andreessen Horowitz) are old enough that most partners aren't founders.
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