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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001.

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From CRM to CXM: Walking the Customer Journey

Venture Chronicles

He is right, and to his credit Paul saw the importance of customer experience and wrote about this in 2001. 5) Analytics: Traditional analytics have focused on benchmarks and operational metrics, which are still important but reflecting a rearward facing view of the business.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. This article was originally written in May 2001, revised extensively in January 2011 and again October 2011. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more.

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