David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information.

Securities and Exchange Commission 148

Securities and Exchange Commission IRR Entrepreneur Angel Investor 148

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

The Kauffman Foundation points out several reasons why they choose to keep pouring capital into the industry: the J-curve narrative, VC investment allocation mandates (which should disproportionally benefit large funds), the “relationship business” philosophy, and potentially misleading return metrics (such as IRR).

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). In my case I'm looking at Social Media (boss LOVES social!), … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data.

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133