RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Eight Ways to Ruin Your Chances of Raising Venture Capital JF The Journal of Private Equity FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 78 OP 82 DO 10.3905/jpe.2000.319971 VO 3 IS 3 A1 Burt Alimansky YR 2000 UL https://pm-research.com/content/3/3/78.abstract AB While entrepreneurs scrabble like lemmings toward the gateways of venture capital communities, only a small fraction of them are admitted to that particular ocean of capital. There are a number of things that stalwart voyagers can do… and more specifically, not do, that will increase the likelihood that their efforts will be rewarded. This insightful article vividly illustrates some of the fatal faults that can fell the unwary entrepreneur.