David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

BoardEffect Supports Good Governance Practices. As businesses came under scrutiny for poor governance practices, nonprofit organizations also came under the limelight, placing great pressure on nonprofit boards and executive directors. The need to demonstrate good governance remains a high priority today.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The information in this post was provided and fact checked by AWS managers Moran Nir and Jonno Southam. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. As far as I know this is the most comprehensive list out there.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony. This works great as long as you have an updated website with a proper e-store or responsive export managers. Kinnek is the newcomer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s disconcerting for most to realize that these shares are initially worth nothing, and the challenge is to get that value up as quickly as possible, without losing it just as quickly to investors, lazy partners, and taxation. Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. In the U.S., Marty Zwilling

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2019

by Adam Coffey, author of “ The Private Equity Playbook ” . You speak to trusted friends and personal advisors about how you should go about doing this (perhaps your lawyer or accountant), and before you know it, you stumble upon an important player in the private equity game: the investment banker.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates. Reporting directly to the CEO, Katina managed various departments including Back and Middle Office, IT, Recruiting and Talent, Client Service Reporting, Fund Legal and Compliance. However, this is about to change.

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David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2017

So I put together some notes on how to due diligence a management team, from the point of view of a prospective colleague. Brad’s colleague Linkel Eakman, a prominent limited partner, published his guide: A Human User Interface….with MANAGEMENT DOMAINS. The whole process feels a lot like dating for marriage.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

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. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the details of these tragedies unfolded, the incidents opened up a national conversation about the need to take a serious look at the issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion within every organization and walk of life. Moving Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Research Uncovers Disparities in Nonprofit Leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

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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. David Teten, HBS 98, Partner, ff Venture Capital, will discuss his research study on VC portfolio operations, recently featured in Forbes ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2021

It’s disconcerting for most to realize that these shares are initially worth nothing, and the challenge is to get that value up as quickly as possible, without losing it just as quickly to investors, lazy partners, and taxation. Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. In the U.S., Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2020

Remember that a formal board can technically replace you, so make sure you choose only people you respect, who will set realistic objectives, and provide good business governance. A reasonable place to start is one percent of your company equity, plus actual expenses to cover travel and meeting attendance.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I introduced my partners, we spent weeks with the team and felt good rapport. I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Building and learning how to manage a basic website could be a huge marketing asset for Sedibeng. Developing an efficient employee onboarding process and training program will be increasingly critical to the company’s ability to grow and manage culture. . See Also: The Complete Sedibeng Breweries Business Plan. Expansion.

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Botswana Business Plan Oregon Distribution 148

Pascal's View

MARCH 12, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Please differentiate between the governance of a VC fund versus the governance of companies in a VC fund’s portfolio? The VCs want capital efficiency, which means they want management to do more with less.

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Government Portfolio Technical Review Due Diligence 28

Agile VC

MAY 9, 2014

One of the first things that caught my eye when I started reading the Alibaba Group S-1 was a section on page 7 of the filing regarding something called the “Alibaba Partnership” It quickly struck me that the Alibaba Group’s corporate governance in some ways mirrors China’s Politburo.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 23, 2017

If participants aren’t bound by legal entities and contracts, how will they be managed? Ronald Coase’s Nature of the Firm states that enterprises exist in order to decrease transaction costs: it can be more cost-efficient to bring partners in house rather than procuring goods and services via contracts and the market. Leadership.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Not surprisingly, the list above also is ranked from least to most equity stake in an investment for the investor, relative to the cash they invest. How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e., equity that belongs to departed cofounders)? The cliffs?

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David Teten

MAY 19, 2017

I’ve also published research here on private equity , venture capital , hedge funds and mutual funds , and angel investing , as well as on fund management : origination , due diligence , investment research , and portfolio acceleration. TheDeal Corporate Governance Conference. Invesco Annual Tools for Success® Forum.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Both me and my partner at Remagine Ventures, Kevin Baxpehler, are wrapping up busy weeks. In the panel I moderated on the role of startups in building the new Internet , at Calcalist Mind the Tech 2022, Jay Jubas, a Senior Partner at McKinsey made a clear distinction: Web2 – the Internet as we know it today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Partner with beneficiary company. Startup incubators.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

Board Effect

MARCH 4, 2024

Mission-driven organizations and associations continue to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives as an expression of their mission and values. However, most nonprofits or charities are not in the financial position to hire DE&I directors and staff to manage this reporting.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

I have a standard aphorism I share when I speak with a group of MBA students: “There are two things that need to be explained away in order for me to invest in your startup: An MBA or a background in management consulting.”. Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

I have a standard aphorism I share when I speak with a group of MBA students: “There are two things that need to be explained away in order for me to invest in your startup: An MBA or a background in management consulting.”. Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

The Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation is an unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector that brings together entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc.

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Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Unfortunately, what the CEO/founder forgets most often is that the notes have a multiplier effect in the post-money calculation; the more notes and the further the cap is from the new priced equity, the greater the variance between actual and nominal pre- and post-money valuations. It’s going to be great!”.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 20, 2013

I think I’m right in saying that this is the first guest post we’ve ever had on The Equity Kicker and it’s from my partner Simon Cook who has a few things to say about the budget. If you think the government should be supporting startups and want to know more about how they should go about it then read on.

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