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Options about your Options – How to think through your company’s option program

VC Adventure

It’s perhaps a boring topic – Options and your company’s option program – but an important one. My hope with this post is to push your thinking around options and encourage you to formalize what you’re doing into an actual option program. Why have an option program to begin with?

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Agio On Hedge Fund Cybersecurity And The Difficulty Of Securing Private Equity Firms

YoungUpstarts

When thinking about how to start a private equity firm or a hedge fund, security should be on the list of priorities. Both financial service institutions have to handle a lot of sensitive data as well as monetary assets, which means that hedge fund cybersecurity or private equity cybersecurity is an area that needs a lot of attention.

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Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait on how AI is changing human resources and weaning his company off venture funding via private equity

Hunter Walker

Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor. This means the company is predominantly owned by the management/team and TPG. It’s a different way of thinking and managing the business, but one that I believe helps any leader run a better business.

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How to Wisely Utilize Debt for Business Expansion

The Startup Magazine

Poorly managed debt can lead to financial strain, decreased creditworthiness, and even bankruptcy. Businesses can improve their creditworthiness by making timely payments, reducing outstanding debt, and managing their finances and credit reports responsibly.

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Fundraising Hacks for Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds

David Teten

A few years ago, I presented at an Invesco conference on Emerging GPs, and one of the highlights was a presentation by Laurie Weir summarizing CALPERS’ selection criteria under their Private Equity Emerging Manager Program Review. Origins is a podcast about Limited Partners, created by VC Notation Capital. Meyler Capital.

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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

It provides the freedom to partner with entrepreneurs and reduce the costs of agency work in exchange for equity in their startup. This allows the studio to retain a larger stake in internally funded startups and gain equity in other startups through partnerships. Manage Agency Growth to Expand at a Proper Rate.

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We’re Hiring a Platform and Operations Associate at NextView

View from Seed

We are looking to bring on board a versatile new team member to support the varied internal operations of the firm as well as collaborate with the partners on our external programs and communications with the broader entrepreneurial community. You are actively engaged in the NYC or Boston tech ecosystem. About NextView. A Final Note.