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. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2018

If what made you successful isn’t working anymore, don’t wait for an activist investor to force the shift to a new way of competing. Management promised huge efficiency improvements that never came. Some customers had to halt operations, and 37 percent switched freight to competitor Norfolk Southern.

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Agile Malaysia Private Equity Non-Compete 113

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

The objective of the research is to define a blueprint for how investors can help portfolio companies succeed through operational (non-financial) support, including but not limited to facilitating shared services, recruiting, knowledge sharing, and enhancing management skills.

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Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Starting a venture capital blog post with 1970s country music lyrics is pretty uncommon, but so is writing about when and why an investor might choose to sell equity before the company exits. Below I’ll share some of the principles we use at Homebrew , knowing that there’s not really a single ‘right’ answer for a fund manager.

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Venture Capital Cap Table LP Equity 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Cohen and John Kador, in their recent book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Founder Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 254

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Investors seek returns of ~10-15% that are predictable, secure, uncorrelated to other asset classes, and inflation adjusted.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

He later joined the O’Hara Administration, an investment and asset management firm, where he manages the firm’s investment strategy and fund-raising initiatives. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle. Growing Hawkers.

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Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 155

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

Cohen and John Kador, in their new book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are easier than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 230

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

PEHub just posted this guest article: Can professional investors use social media? Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. Private equity investing is a relationship business. Or, is social media strictly for teenagers and staying in touch with your friends?

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Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

Cram Down 120

Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 120

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

When seeking equity investments, the source of capital is, for the most part, tied to the stage of capital being raised. You see, equity capital is raised in stages or rounds. Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Some institutional investors simply aren’t big enough to have in-house employees to vet and manage a portfolio of VC funds. new buildings, etc). The first is a staff constraint.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Since I became an institutional investor, my #1 learning is: this is a highly unusual and somewhat baffling industry. Asset management also shows the traditional earmarks of an industry ripe for disruption — most obviously, unhappy customers and extremely profitable incumbents.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

He later joined the O’Hara Administration, an investment and asset management firm, where he manages the firm’s investment strategy and fund-raising initiatives. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle. Growing Hawkers.

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Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Some institutional investors simply aren’t big enough to have in-house employees to vet and manage a portfolio of VC funds. new buildings, etc). The first is a staff constraint.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

If a C corp generates net operating losses rather than net income, these are carried forward to offset future corporate taxable income. However, such operating losses may not be used to offset taxable income of the individual shareholders. Such inflexible features are typically unattractive to venture investors. Fundraising.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

Stock markets are a common platform where individual and institutional investors come together to buy and sell shares. The key factors to be kept in mind during Portfolio investment are that it is a passive investment compared to hands-on management. For the people, it becomes a mode to earn income. Criteria for Buying Stocks.

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David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. Or should they look to one of the new wave of Revenue-Based Investors? Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. RBI investors usually don’t take equity.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” 2) Investors with very specific value-add. Sometimes we’ll reach out to individual angels, not just funds and family offices.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing. If no financing happened then this “note&# may not be converted and thus would be senior to the equity of the company in the case of a bankruptcy or asset sale. VC’s money comes from mostly institutional investors called LPs (limited partners).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Soyka, author of “ Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability “ For many companies, environmentally sound operations are an important organizational value to embrace, both from a customer perspective and to attract and retain employees.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. As such, you should make sure to think of the proposals as an investor and get a reasonable term sheet. GrasshopperHerder.com. • ABOUT.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The end-result of having these “founder submissive” investors is often immature management teams that aren’t able to effectively scale. Founder hostile” VCs are problematic because they push for the perspective of institutional investors to override those of all the other constituents on the cap table.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 11, 2013

I was chatting with a friend last night about the lack of institutional investor (LP) interest in European venture capital as an asset class. I think that if you believed everything in the table above and you backed yourself to be able pick a good fund manager you would be pretty keen on investing in European venture.

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Small Business Force

JUNE 11, 2010

The more management experience (previous entrepreneurial or small company efforts) and industry (in your target market niche) credibility and experience you and your team bring, the higher your probability of success. This is why, in the early going, you should bootstrap your operation the best you can. It is not for everyone.

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