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Why Hearing “No” in a Fund-Raising Process is Actually Healthy

Both Sides of the Table

We were working on their go-to-market strategy for Europe and Carly was Group President of the division where I was advising (a $19 billion line of business) at Lucent and she flew out for the final presentations. I have now developed this into my own standard (softer) speech I give to entrepreneurs. I was relieved. I had no downside.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

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Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. So investing $3-5 million in a company and taking a year to 18 months to see how it develops before adding more fuel can often be the right course of action. Grow or die. million and then $5.9 million.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors. engineers, designers, business developers). I see a small number of other VCs at our stage pursuing a similar, expensive strategy. . – Launch a “ venture studio ” or “ foundry ”.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

Meanwhile in Europe. The UK chancellor announced a £1.25 According to a survey of 87 startups by Viola Ventures , the majority of startups are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach and continue to work from home, and many will control the number of employees in the office going forward. The new normal – Source Viola Ventures.

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When Bad News Is Actually Good News

Babbling VC

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hence anything from them is going to be based on information that truly represents the situation in Europe. . This is a tough one.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Always seek input.

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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. While Facebook’s numbers have grown, internet usage (now mostly mobile even in developed markets) continues to evolve in a pace that rivals innovation in the past. You can view the full presentation here.

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