Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. Then there is a certain size market for A round VCs, B round VCs and growth equity investors willing to put $50 million to work. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Can you give a brief overview: when you were founded, investors, current status? .

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

But it wasn’t until 1998 that corporate-backed VC firms could be established, and that started a wave of VC funds backed by government, corporate and foreign capital. Fast forward a decade, today the Private Equity and Venture Capital business is booming in China with over 1000 firms actively investing.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

But it wasn’t until 1998 that corporate-backed VC firms could be established, and that started a wave of VC funds backed by government, corporate and foreign capital. Fast forward a decade, today the Private Equity and Venture Capital business is booming in China with over 1000 firms actively investing.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. And it is magic.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2014

I did my first angel investment in 1998, so 16 years and 60+ investments. Dentists from the Midwest, tech CEOs, Facebook engineers, VC’s and private equity partners. Q: Although your $3.3m AngelList syndicate has surprised some people, you’ve been angel investing for quite a while, right? penchina#syndicate.

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