Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
When you accept outside money, particularly a private equity (PE) investment, however, that changes. In this article, I’ll provide some personal stories of how investors have navigated the balance between raising private equity capital and not losing control of their startup. Those days are long gone.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products. The first will be commodity businesses that are valued for their ability to execute their current business model.
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The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
During the pre-seed fundraising stage, investors need a viable business plan to base their investments on. The pre-seed funds are typically collected so the business can begin preparing a workable business model that demonstrates the company’s future sustainability.
Steve Blank
APRIL 26, 2022
They offered desperate founders more cash but insisted on new terms, rewriting all the old stock agreements that previous investors and employees had. Venture capital, like most private equity, is an unregulated financial asset class – anything goes. Other times it was simply a take-it-or-leave-it, here are the new terms.
Steve Blank
MARCH 16, 2016
Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). At its core Venture Capital is nothing more than a small portion of the Private Equity financial asset class. FDA approvals?
Steve Blank
MARCH 17, 2020
Large companies are sending employees to work at home. While the impact on small businesses and workers in the “gig-economy” hasn’t made the news, it will be worse for them. If you’re running a startup or small business, your first priority (after your family) is keeping your employees and customers safe.
David Teten
JANUARY 11, 2020
In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. I welcome suggestions.
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