So think of yourself as almost their venture investor.

Retreat before this boy, this adventurer, this pirate? !

And that is how to pitch to a VC.

I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30 day challenges.

Just remember that VCs will invest more money to get more ownership of your company.

You could always get more operating capital in subsequent rounds from venture capitalist, not on the corporate partners.

Remembrances for the great adventurer poured out on both Twitter and Facebook. Popular Trinidadian radio station 96.1 posted a tribute on its Facebook page

In August, 1996, venture capital firm Flatiron Partners invested 4 million in Yoyodyne in return for a 20 stake.

Again, same choice they can play it safe for always getting two grapes every single time, or they can take a risky bet and choose between one and three.

The Lebanese adventurer, Maxime Chaya, whose exploits include climbing Mount Everest, reaching the South and North poles to plant the Lebanese flag, blogs about his quests and posts beautiful photos on his live blog The Three Poles.

On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.

So it's pretty clear that if you were raising around to capital, going to friends and family or crowdfunding like Kickstarter or angel capital or venture capital or corporate partners, all kind of make sense for financing.

If the entrepreneur is focused on a small but needy market, the venture capitalist will suggest shifting focus, whereas the philanthropist will help him figure out how to serve that market effectively.

So, in the course of your VC pitch, you have a very few minutes, and most VC pitches most angel pitches are about 15 minutes, most VC pitches should be less than half an hour.

For the dawn of a new decade, adventurer Bertrand Piccard offers us a challenge Find motivation in what seems impossible. He shares his own plans to do what many say can't be done to fly around the world, day and night, in a solar powered aircraft.