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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

Pat grew the business so successfully that by his senior year, he had moved the operations from his dorm room to an off-campus office, had a staff of 17 full- and part-time employees and over 100 business accounts. Mackaronis did earn his Bachelors Degree in Marketing and Public Relations during his time at Monmouth University.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

This is a major issue and the role of data analytics will continue to expand as per a January article from Global Banking and Finance Review which cited that the world’s top investment banks were fined a total $43 billion over the last seven years for failures in customer reporting. Underwriting.

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Why Starting Elsewhere Can Make You A Successful Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

A lot of people who have worked in retail or in food and beverage will either tell you one of two things: a) they’re more kind to store employees or b) they’re better at dealing with people. Getting a job at an investment bank can teach you a lot of skills that will translate to managing your own company.

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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

I’ve often found it helpful to have on hand a simple model showing the impact of each financing stages on all team members, suitable for sharing with everyone in the company. Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. I couldn’t find one online, so I built it.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. For the last couple of years, I’ve been investing in startups as a partner at Mucker, while spending a lot of time in the Valley working with potential co-investors and partners.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems. Ironically, given the U.S.’s

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Keeping Organized and Focused During an IPO Launch

The Startup Magazine

Then when the building is done, there is the hiring of employees, getting in touch with vendors and suppliers. There is the training of employees and making sure you hire those who will take care of your merchandise. To hire more employees and build new buildings, more capital will be required. It takes lots of preparation.

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