Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits. Deep down I love working with founders and products, strategy, go-to-market, financial management, pricing and all aspects of building a startup. It’s just not me.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. 4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. 7/ SaaS roll-ups and micro-private equity become huge. I mean its possible, but it didn’t happen.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. Yet in the face of all this change, traditional firms continue to embrace a management ethos that values efficiency over innovation. Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Innovation.

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Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

As such, key activities include Company financial analysis (knowledge of and experience in P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow assessments preferred) Market analysis Operational analysis (e.g.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). Panel 1: Creating The Right Deal Flow — Creating & Managing Sustainable, Replicable Strategies.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 7, 2015

private equity firms and $515 billion on the balance sheets of leading tech. Barring that, on balance for entrepreneurs and executives out there seeking to make their mark, 2015 is looking nice and juicy. Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital'

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