YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

by Jeffrey Kadlic, co-founder & managing partner of Evolution Capital Partners. But if you want to stay competitive, there are four questions entrepreneurs can constantly be asking themselves to set their organizations up for significant growth. This dynamic makes many more investment opportunities have higher ROI’s.

Private Equity 164

Private Equity Entrepreneur Cofounder Technical Review 164

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

Singapore 162

Singapore Private Equity Asia Venture Capital 162

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

Online platforms that connect startups and entrepreneurs are common, but one that connects private equity professionals? But DealMarket ( www.dealmarket.com ), launched in March this year, looks set to be the way that private equity and investment types will work in the future.

Private Equity 150

Private Equity Equity Switzerland Deal Flow 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Billionaire entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" co-host Mark Cuban is an outspoken proponent of the all-in early approach in a video interview, and made it clear that he gives no credibility and low odds to founders seeking funding who have not fully committed their time and efforts to their cause.

Entrepreneur 321

Entrepreneur Private Equity Startup Salary 321

Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 10, 2015

A long-time entrepreneur, Joseph founded/co-founded many technological companies throughout the years. Joseph has more than 20 years of strategic, operational and senior management experience in business ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity backed assets and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations.

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Silicon Valley Private Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Billionaire entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" co-host Mark Cuban is an outspoken proponent of the all-in early approach in a video interview, and made it clear that he gives no credibility and low odds to founders seeking funding who have not fully committed their time and efforts to their cause.

Private Equity 255

Private Equity Salary Cofounder Equity 255

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Traditionally, VC investors would invest $X million in a startup for a certain percentage of equity, decision making rights, and the power to block things they didn’t agree with. This is boosting access and reach for entrepreneurs to the global pot of available funding. However, this investment model is starting to evolve.

Venture Capital 193

Venture Capital Technical Review Kenya Startup 193

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 131

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Written by David Shelters , managing director of Bangkok, Thailand-based investment banking and financial advisory firm Karon Business Consulting, the book should be an eye-opener for aspiring and new technology entrepreneurs and can help you navigate the dangerous waters known as venture capital.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Private Equity Thailand Incubator 164

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

This could be a proportion of the company’s equity or investment; in other instances, it could be a portion of its later-stage profits. Seed venture capital firms can make more significant follow-on investments to keep or increase their equity stake in the company. How does the funding for the seed stage work?

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 124

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

Instead of working on a single product, I get to work with multiple smart entrepreneurs to bring their vision to life around healthcare and blockchain. My co-founder and I have both been professional matchmakers for over 20 years each when we started our business. Photo Credit: Felipe Fernandes. 18- Create investment awareness.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Non-Compete 112

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale.

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network.

Programming 128

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. timoreilly : Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Tim O’Reilly shares the stories of the alpha geeks on Twitter.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Arif Bhalwani is the co-founder and CEO of Third Eye Capital (TEC) in Toronto, Canada. TEC is one of Canada’s largest and most experienced private credit firms, specializing in providing asset-based capital solutions to companies that are underserved or overlooked by traditional sources of financing, primarily banks.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Due Diligence Bankruptcy Intellectual Property 132

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Tell me a bit about your background.

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

As I read stories of college dropouts who had successfully sold tech companies, or entrepreneurs with innovative ideas who made it big on Shark Tank, it became clear that there was no set path to startup success. This can be particularly important for founders with “non-traditional” career backgrounds.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences.

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

After graduating from University, he joined McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant and in 1977, he co-founded Apax Partners, a private equity firm. Apax Partners became one of the most successful private equity firms in the world, and Cohen became a billionaire.

Private Equity 134

Private Equity NPV Kenya 134

David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

One of my particular interests is looking for women & minority entrepreneurs in which to invest. I’m looking for non-traditional entrepreneurs because I’m a fiduciary. I published in 2010 a research study on best practices in how private equity and VC funds source investments. Conventional Founder Background.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I like the guy because he’s credited with coining the word entrepreneur. 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. This never ends well.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Allen Tsai is an experienced entrepreneur with many connections in the startup world. He had previously invested in Tastebud, which Tsai co-founded and served as vice president of product. million in a seed funding round from investors that included the following: Brian Sheth, former equities investor and philanthropist.

Nepal 169

Nepal Private Equity Cofounder Startup 169

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

The two most notable are the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado and the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars. While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment.

Private Equity 82

Private Equity Cofounder Equity Venture Capital 82

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So, I’d like to start by sharing the story of a female entrepreneur who did experience VC funding success—but still also felt the impact of the biases held by the industry. While private equity has a history in the U.S. According to Fortune , in 2006, female founders were involved in only 2.95 A rare success.

Venture Capital 82

Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

by Chris Grey, co-founder and COO of CapLinked. Most entrepreneurs are led to believe that successful business models prosper quickly and easily. Too many entrepreneurs may be focusing too much on their hopes and dreams of success rather than maintaining daily best practices to stay productive and healthy.

Product 147

Product Entrepreneur Private Equity Cofounder 147

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

By the way, my favorite part of the video is when an entrepreneur (and former lawyer) walks in late to the workshop and acknowledges that she made the first three mistakes (at 33:14). different perspective as a lawyer (lots of phone calls from founders with problems). One-year cliff appropriate if you don’t know your co-founder.

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Scott [link] Below is my personal outline for the workshop. i) Rule 506 preempts State law, which means all you have to do is file a Form D and pay a filing fee; and (ii) no disclosure requirement/PPM Possible to sell to “friends and family” (e.g., Are they good guys or jerks? Can they be counted-on and trusted?

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

As you’d suspect, I was similarly ignorant of such things while watching the sale of ITWatchDogs (where I was a co-founder), and still harbored misconceptions as I went into the sale of Smart Bear. We entrepreneurs love ridiculing big companies for their inability to innovate , and we’re right.

Sales 260

Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2020

Apart from being an actress in the famous Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality TV show, Kylie Jenner is also an entrepreneur whose net worth is $I billion. The Ferd Company has investments in Nordic Stock Exchange and has handsome private equity. He’s the co-founder of Snap Inc., billion net worth. Evan Spiel.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Cofounder .Net Social Media 130

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. Our goal is to source and fund great entrepreneurs, regardless of personal, industry, or academic background.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. A nalysis – One of the luxuries of being a VC is that we have a larger data set than most entrepreneurs of performance.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Selling is a pivotal skill most entrepreneurs must have. Those experiences weren’t always the best, but I did gain something from them. I realized that if I can sell the products and a story and recruit others, then I can sell anything. Oh, and about that “don’t quit your day job” advice. There actually is something to that.

Accredited Investor 147

Accredited Investor India Private Equity Cofounder 147

The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

As European talent in the form of startups and entrepreneurs continue to flock towards the USA, the question remains: why? Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure. But it stifles those with the potential to be great entrepreneurs. Is it attitude or is it money?

Europe 163

Europe South Korea San Francisco Portugal 163

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68