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mentors arent allowed in the final sessions for logistical reasons, the line has to be drawn somewhere as to who can participate and the fund investors seems li
by daleharvey 17y ago
mentors arent allowed in the final sessions for logistical reasons, the line has to be drawn somewhere as to who can participate and the fund investors seems like an obvious line.
Firstly, I don’t see why mentors are invited at all.
Most to all of the mentors have a vested interest in the startup community thriving, lawyers, marketers, investors and angels who were not part of the main fund but still get direct access to the startup, a phone call isnt going to help until you figure out who you are calling, thats where seedcamp and such events help
- jedc 17y agoAccording to Saul Klein, mentors are allowed in. From: http://blog.seedcamp.com/2009/09/awaiting-moderation.html http://blog.seedcamp.com/2009/09/awaiting-moderation.html "One quick factual point – of course mentors are able to attend the judging sessions, several did this year and have done every year. I think what happened yesterday was a pretty innocent misunderstanding – you came into the room mid-pitch and as you’d not been a mentor during the week, I guess that’s why Reshma asked very politely for you to not join the session."
- crowdstorm 17y agoThat's completely untrue. AS the pitch ended, I was asked to leave. Reshma asked me "are you an investor in seedcamp?" - I replied "no, do I have to be?". Reshma: "Yes, everybody else in this room has paid to be here"
- jedc 17y agoI don't have a stake in this argument... just thought it would be relevant to re-post Saul's reply.