Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
I thought I’d try to look at it from a different lens, that of the entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you should assume that. Typical questions: What do you think of management? So what is an entrepreneur to do? I sometimes ask entrepreneurs. We discuss deal structures. People call their friends.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Place your bets on an entrepreneur who has the guts to pivot, restructure, bounce back, and the stamina to re-orientate his business when profitability starts to seem bleak. With over a decade of hands-on experience in venture capital, Emmanuel is also an expert in M&A and deal structuring.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2019
Why start from scratch when you can get a great deal on what someone else started? But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. They manage all the customer relationships.
Hunter Walker
MAY 18, 2015
These managers sit in our Privates bucket and are therefore expected to beat the public markets by at least 4.5%. Removing a fund from the portfolio can be for a variety of reasons – strategy shift, team dynamic, assets under management, performance, etc. We probably meet with twenty venture managers a year.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
I could write a whole post on the 7-D model students follow (and I probably will) but I’d like to focus on a lecture at the end of the course, by a UK-based angel investor, who provided tips for entrepreneurs to make their company attractive for an angel. Do your research on the angel and explain why you want him/her specifically.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
That’s why our portfolio company Plated.com decided to structure a lease option – they offered the prior owner a small monthly lease fee for 1 year, with an option to buy at the end of the year. This way, if the business was thriving and Plated had managed to attract capital, they’d be able to purchase the domain outright.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
That’s why our portfolio company Plated.com decided to structure a lease option – they offered the prior owner a small monthly lease fee for 1 year, with an option to buy at the end of the year. This way, if the business was thriving and Plated had managed to attract capital, they’d be able to purchase the domain outright.
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