Subscribe by email to be alerted of new tapes: http://eepurl.com/cfiLt5 See all previous tapes on: http://tapes.scalevp.com So what actually happens before a VC decides to invest in your company? Susan Liu looks at hundreds of startups every year for B2B software investor Scale Venture Partners. She explains the top 5 metrics they look at, and how a company can prepare to pass the investor diligence with flying colors. Guest: Susan Liu Scale Venture Partners https://www.scalevp.com/ https://twitter.com/susanwliu Host: Tim Anglade Executive in Residence at Scale Venture Partners https://timanglade.com/ https://twitter.com/timanglade The Startup Tapes chronicle the highs & lows of building a startup, through candid interviews with founders, operators & advisors. Tim Anglade, an Executive-in-Residence at Scale Venture Partners and formerly with Realm, Apigee, and Cloudant leads the project with the goal to de-mystify the process through which startups emerge, grow & succeed. His unfiltered interviews transcribe the conversations we often hear in the boardroom, amongst our portfolio community and with entrepreneurs and partners we engage with every day. Learn more about Scale Venture Partners at http://www.scalevp.com. For guests suggestions, feedback or questions, email tim@scalevp.com