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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces

abovethecrowd.com

Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand. Great marketplaces do not simply aggregate a market; they enhance it. Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Aggregating demand is much harder and more critical.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Most of us want one spouse and we’re done.

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

They provide additional value add in the form of coaching and mentorship, and most of all access to a network of other entrepreneurs and smart people – that to me is really the real value of being involved with an incubator / accelerator. At first blush, uVCs acting more like institutional venture capital funds may be considered a bad thing.

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Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains

Agile VC

Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. A smaller portion of the total capital in the VC ecosystem comes from high net worth individuals. Insurance Companies. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs).

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market. Obviously, if narrow networks increase in popularity, more and more market share shifts to providers that are willing to respond to competitive market-based price demands.

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Estimated 100 – 200 total entities Friends & family – basic networking. Casts a wider, more efficient net than existing channels with a more robust database and a more detailed search function. Intermediaries.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. I don’t think that a Net Present Value calculation is appropriate for every company.