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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). Next, they use the financial press and blogs to spread their message to the institutional investors. Beth Comstock is out. Trian only owns ~1.5% of the GE and P&G shares.)

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How To Disrupt The Investing Business, With Katina Stefanova (Ex-Bridgewater Management Committee)

David Teten

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Many actively managed funds lost a lot of money for their investors and failed to beat their benchmark. However, this is about to change.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

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

David Teten

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. 2008) [iv]. Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy very discreet. ff Venture Capital.

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Israeli VC Funds Struggled to Raise in 2009

VC Cafe

T he latest IVC report shows that Israeli VC funds were able to raise only $229 million in 2009 , a staggering 72% less than $803 million raised in 2008 and the third lowest amount raised per annum in the last decade. billion (net management fees and operational expenses). These losses have reduced capital available for investments.

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