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Supporting HBCUvc’s VC Lab and Fund

Feld Thoughts

Currently, while there are similar funding organizations for other universities, there are no funding groups affiliated with investing or supporting entrepreneurs from the HBCU ecosystem. Fellows originate and execute startup investments under the supervision of HBCUvc’s investment committee, a team of experienced venture capital investors.

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7 First Impression Negatives Every Founder Must Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Even more impressive are targeted questions that indicate you already have done your homework on their current role, expertise and company affiliations. The investors I know are quick to do some real due diligence. Quick to name-drop common friends and business links. Ask a thousand questions, with no apparent objective.

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5 Privacy Tips For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Privacy issues that come to light in the course of the due diligence process for an acquisition can also threaten their valuation. If your website or app (or its affiliates or business partners) collects, uses or discloses information that can be used to identify an individual or a device (e.g., Say what you do.

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7 Ways To Jeopardize Key Startup People Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Even more impressive are targeted questions that indicate you already have done your homework on their current role, expertise and company affiliations. The investors I know are quick to do some real due diligence. Quick to name-drop common friends and business links. Ask a thousand questions, with no apparent objective.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence. Here’s How to Do Your Due Diligence First. Please note this is a personal initiative, not an initiative of any of the VC firms or other institutions with which I am affiliated. See Ready to Join a New Management Team?

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence. Here’s How to Do Your Due Diligence First. Please note this is a personal initiative, not an initiative of any of the VC firms or other institutions with which I am affiliated. I do not require an NDA.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Highly regarded private SBIC, **Sutter Hill Affiliate, Norwegian Shipping Family, +B of A’s SBIC. As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns. 1,250,000. Total. This statement is scary to me.