David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG. Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In an effort to address this, we launched last year a formal study of best practices of VCs in improving portfolio company value.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. You can see preliminary results of this value creation study below. - Encouraging non-US companies to set up operations in the US.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. He also worked in mergers and acquisitions at Veronis, Suhler & Company and Cowles Media Company and held various operations positions at The Black Book. Tuesday, Jan 17th, 2012. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 I met Adam Ghetti , Founder/CTO, at the first Flashpoint Demo Day in New York in early 2012 at Union Square Ventures.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Security Operations Atlanta 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Since I became an institutional investor, my #1 learning is: this is a highly unusual and somewhat baffling industry. This is a key reason why the average retail investor consistently earns below-average returns. For the twenty years ending 12/31/2012 the S&P 500 Index averaged 8.21% a year, an attractive return.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

PEHub just posted this guest article: Can professional investors use social media? Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. Investors can tap this network for executive talent, followon financings, and eventually an exit. Site traffic increased by 6.5%

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114