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What to Expect When You're Expecting Venture Capital Returns

This is going to be BIG.

One of the first things I did when I joined the venture asset class as a lowly institutional LP analyst in 2001 was to build the VC fund cashflow model. Where I don't actually think that's the case is in growth rounds, which seem hyper competitive right now--and where the ability to differentiate yourself as an investor is limited.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. why buy me?

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