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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Solutions (DEIS) Practicum

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The agenda ( full agenda here ) includes the following discussions: DEIS in Corporate Governance & Board DEIS in Human Resources & Talent Acquisition DEIS in Procurement DEIS in Edge Technology Product Development & Corporate Innovation DEIS in Go To Market DEIS in Venture Capital & Investment DEIS in Impact.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

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Here’s the punchline: if you run your company as if you have closed a VC equity financing round even though you actually closed a convertible debt round, you’ll be in much better shape when it comes time to raise your Series A financing. So why would you treat your debt investors (somewhat) like equity investors?

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Cleantech Open Northeast 2021

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Cleantech Open has a particular focus on incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values into its program. Cleantech Open is a nonprofit accelerator that takes no equity in its participating startups. It is working to increase the diversity of startups, mentors, and partners engaged with the program.

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Category Collapse

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Unlike the endless stream of predictions that are about to come out, it’s an analysis of the spread between the public market and private company valuations. Rates have risen significantly in the last eighteen months, pulling capital out of the equity markets and into the fixed income markets.

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Book: King of Capital

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While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States.

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SayAhh’s Revenue Projections

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It is simple in that it forecasts how much cash will be coming in the door (revenues + equity financing + debt financing) and then subtracts from that amount how much cash is expected to be going out the door. A simple cash forecast is just that – it is a model that helps anticipate cash balances over time.

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Does VC Fund Differentiation Matter?

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There are over 500 seed funds in the market right now. At what point do you flip from being a buyer of equity to a seller of equity? Over sushi last night with two of them, who are also long-time friends, one of them asked me “Brad, how do you think we are differentiated?” Maybe there’s a thousand.