Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. Not exactly extensive diligence. I appreciate your thoughts here on Due Diligence as it's been a question of mine for a few months now.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked. ProfessorVC. at 2:32 PM.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Press and analysts characterized LinkedIn in one of two ways: “LinkedIn is an interesting niche that might be worth paying attention to” or “LinkedIn is the Friendster for business”. The general rule is one business model drives the business.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

A Comparison Between Novice and Serial Entrepreneurs" Her research shows that there is a positive correlation between prior founding experience and new venture performance due to stronger and more diverse social networks, access to capital, reliance on collaborators and other factors. How Much Diligence is Due.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

always focus on the business model and assumptions, but there are too many unknowns to put much faith in the future cash flow projections. Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital. How Much Diligence is Due. Ive never heard of a VC running Monte Carlo simulations on possible outcomes.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

At Fliqz, we met or exceeded the sales plan every month during the due diligence process. How Much Diligence is Due. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Same principle here. Prospective investors have a free look to see how you execute under the gun.

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