Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. Investors: Summit Partners (lead), Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Gary Vaynerchuk. It was an early example of the power of direct marketing and subscription services.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 29, 2023

A well-detailed business plan, a launch plan, early funding, and the right talent and equity from founders are all among the basic ingredients that can help get a startup off the ground. Larger banks will often want to partner with business owners and their companies that have a stronger line of credit.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

Capital Markets Advisory Partners cleaves the demand for pre-public VC-backed equities into two worlds: “Demand Pull (Buzz) and Supply Push (No Buzz) companies. … We have a stock market that works for one kind of buzzy (Demand Pull) stock but is a disaster for the rest of the economy. .

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

You can pour your heart and soul (and life savings) into a venture, do all your due diligence, toil 80- and 90-hour weeks, and just when you’re on the verge of a breakthrough, a dark horse competitor sweeps in and decimates your market share. Or a partner defects with your top client. Or a key vendor declares bankruptcy.

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