23 - Steve Harris on the corporate finance approach to venture capital investing

Corporate finance is an essential aspect of venture capital investing. Steve Harris is CEO of Committed Capital, with a strong corporate finance background and a long history of venture capital investing. In a widely ranging discussion, we cover many important areas, including company valuations, how to assess financial projections and plans for what happens when things go wrong. We also ask whether corporate financiers or former entrepreneurs make better venture capital investors! Committed Capital - https://www.committedcapital.co.uk/ (https://www.committedcapital.co.uk/) Suggested books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Passion-Western-Mind-Understanding-Shaped/dp/184595162X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3Q7GAE07FBA7C&dchild=1&keywords=richard+tarnas+the+passion+of+the+western+mind&qid=1615812028&sprefix=richard+tar%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1 (The Passion Of The Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View) by Richard Tarnass https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Soul-Psychotherapy-Logotherapy/dp/0285637010/ref=sr_1_1?crid=P9ULVZA7028X&dchild=1&keywords=the+doctor+and+the+soul&qid=1615812086&sprefix=the+doctor+and%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1 (The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy) by Victor Frankl https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mans-Search-Meaning-classic-Holocaust/dp/1844132390/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/260-4024862-8370840?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1844132390&pd_rd_r=11622ba7-29c4-4fd6-9824-5604a77b9d90&pd_rd_w=sllG2&pd_rd_wg=bGfon&pf_rd_p=dcf35746-0212-418b-a148-30395d107b2d&pf_rd_r=42DTYFR92JRKKBVQJF0W&psc=1&refRID=42DTYFR92JRKKBVQJF0W (A Man's Search for Meaning) by Victor Frankl