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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Our homeownership programs help people build momentum with their finances , and we hope to continue building momentum in our business for years to come! My business name „Finanzentdecker“ (Finance Explorer“) was created in front of the whiteboard in a long night full of ideas, that just weren‘t good enough. Photo Credit: Roy Morejon.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. And covered we did.

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How to Write a Business Plan for Raising Venture Capital

Growthink Blog

This article provides advice on how to position each section of the business plan for an investor audience. how it will work, the financial terms, the types of customer leads expected from each partner, etc.). But how exactly will your business plan persuade investors to sign a check? Concept vs. reality.

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

To draw titular inspiration from a New York Magazine article entitled Ellen Pao and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove (we’ll talk more about Pao later on), I entered into this topic less with the desire to try to “prove” a specific point, but rather to explore an issue that continues to rise to the top of conversation in the entrepreneurial space.

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New Book by Professor Mannie Manhong Liu and Pascal Levensohn– Venture Capital: Theory and Practice, published by the University of International Business and Economics Press, Beijing

Pascal's View

Renmin University was among the first universities to create a venture capital major in the School of Finance and teach venture capital for undergraduates. My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. Three years after that, I was fortunate enough to find a firm, Land Carroll & Blair, with a same client-oriented mentality and partnered with them. Thanks to Ostap Bosak, Royal Fur ! #17

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10 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR NEW RESTAURANT MORE PROFITABLE IN 2019

Mike Michalowicz

This article, with the help of some of Boston’s Top Restaurant Influencers and Experts, is meant to be a helpful outline, or guideline, to those brave souls who still venture to enter this tumultuous, yet passionate, marketplace. This article alone includes 4 industry experts that can help you on your way to restaurant stardom.

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