David Teten

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The Stern Private Equity Club will host its 8 th Annual Stern Private Equity Conference on Friday, March 1 st , 2013. Keynote Speakers are Andrea Bonomi (Chairman of Investindustrial), Mark Dzialga (Managing Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee at General Atlantic) & me.

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Private Equity Equity Leveraged Buyout South America 114

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

We often tie this type of success to proof of the American experiment–an ever-present reminder to some that if they put in the time and eventually get funded, they too can scale a business into the stratosphere. Spend your time on businesses that have budgets and the ability to feed your own operations into growth mode.

Sweat Equity 107

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

We often tie this type of success to proof of the American experiment–an ever-present reminder to some that if they put in the time and eventually get funded, they too can scale a business into the stratosphere. Spend your time on businesses that have budgets and the ability to feed your own operations into growth mode.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve given a number of presentations to senior executive groups on expert networks; below are two slide decks: How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Gerson Lehrman and Other Expert Networks. How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies.and Buy a Company with Private Equity Backing.

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Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

London Business School is proud to present the London Business School 2011 Private Equity Conference. and Vincenzo Morelli (Partner – TPG Capital and Chairman of European Private Equity Roundtable). Panels : Value Creation – Driving LP returns through operational excellence.

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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. You can view the slides from this presentation here .

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

HBSAANY is comprised of New York City tri-state area Harvard alumni who are venture capitalists and other accredited investors investing in early-stage, private companies around the United States. The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) is the trade association representing women and diverse private equity and venture firms.

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Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

View more presentations from David Teten. 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.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

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. The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335. Which VCs are comfortable using this approach?

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million employees (~1.4 What We Presented. Highlights of these presentations include: Hacking for Defense Teams – Vannevar Labs, FLIP, Disinformatix. CONOPS Development.

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Security Silicon Valley China Private Equity 217

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. See slides 33-35 of my presentation on recruiting. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees. Steve Newcomb offers a great example.

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Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I published the first research study on this topic in the Journal of Private Equity , peHub , Betabeat , and Techcrunch. The Journal of Private Equity has now (temporarily) made our full study available for complimentary download: The Lower-Risk Startup: How Venture Capitalists Increase the Odds of Startup Success.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Portfolio 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This came in part due to the huge influx of money into VC but also because hedge funds and private equity shops with no VC experience wanted part of the action. As we all know the VC industry is now set to contract dramatically as profiled in this seminal Paul Kedrosky presentation predicting a 50% contraction.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. Thanks to Daniel Javor, Next Luxury ! #4- No hassles. No regrets.

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Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 136

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

The authors encourage quoting from this article or using the data in articles and presentations but request that the title of this article and the names of the authors be cited for attribution. This time in Austin presents a unique opportunity for investors.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Eventually the private equity firms and multinationals take over and it becomes harder for a marginally-funded startup entrepreneur to compete, but for that brief, glorious time, the opportunities seem endless. The biggest entrepreneurial opportunity of the decade. Big Tobacco.

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Private Equity China Equity Bootstrapping 99

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2020 I started a presentation design agency & scaled it globally. I plan to use a combination of personal capital, debt financing, and private equity investment to fund the business. This demographic transition could present an opportunity for the senior care industry. Thanks to Jaanus Põder, Envoice ! #7-

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Affiliate United States Entrepreneur Software Review 62

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). View more presentations. Presentation included above). Zubin Avari, Charter Oak Equity LP Christopher A.

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. David Teten: As you know, almost every VC fund operates as effectively a mini expert network.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I don’t know how it operates behind closed doors. While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. That’s the problem.

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Over the past 20+ years, as an angel investor, former venture capitalist and private equity investor, and serial entrepreneur, I have seen and written, a wide variety of pitch decks and business plans. The key is to be succinct and present a story. This is where your elevator pitch needs to be embedded.

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Business Plan Elevator Pitch Equity Private Equity 124

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Once they make the decision to start their business, they must operate at full throttle almost immediately. There are common, detrimental characteristics present in many established companies that seem to evolve over time — even though no one in these companies has set forth an explicit strategy or plan to create them.

Private Equity 100

Private Equity Miami Equity Early Stage 100

Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

As such, key activities include Company financial analysis (knowledge of and experience in P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow assessments preferred) Market analysis Operational analysis (e.g.

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Due Diligence Private Equity Balance Sheet Finance 40

Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

Part of our presentation will be portfolio financials, which, because we’re relatively new, aren’t exceptionally volatile (LP speak: most of our investments are still carried at original value since no additional fundraising has occurred). other venture/private equity shops. high net worth individuals.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Four University of Maryland student firms presented at the first Pitch Dingman Event of the 2011-2012 academic year. Students participating were from engineering, liberal arts, and business and the six judges represented a variety of different industries (from commercial insurance and direct marketing to private equity and staffing).

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Maryland Private Equity Equity Direct Marketing 39

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2012

Whether you’re looking for private equity, venture capital or angel investors, there are some common warning signs practically guaranteed to scare investors away from your business. Do your homework, analyze your competition and present your best case. This isn’t the ‘90s; 21st century startups need to operate lean and mean.

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Private Equity Angel Investor Venture Capital Lean 119

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2017

by Andrew Durlak, Co-Founder & VP of Operations at Scout RFP. Internal business operations, on the other hand, are a different story entirely. Andrew Durlak is Co-Founder & VP of Operations at Scout RFP. Andrew has a rich background in the world of finance from his private equity and investment banking days.

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Technical Review Finance Software Review Due Diligence 124

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Lots of us woke up this morning to an email from Reed Hastings about Netflix splitting it’s streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses into two separate operations (each w/ it’s own brand). A slow-growth, but cash rich business like this could be a better fit for a retailer, private equity fund, or other type of owner in the longer run.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Syndicate 100

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Private equity investing is a relationship business. In addition to a blog, ffVC operates accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

Although this event is only for our members, I thought some of our readers might be interested in the great group of companies that are presenting. and Andersen, Eddie Cisneros has health care and start-up experience with GE Healthcare and Accolade, and three MDs are experienced practitioners and operators. Click here to buy tickets.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Private Equity Fractional CTO Cofounder 84

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I also had my hand in sales and marketing for BTB over my summers, but after college, I went off to work as an analyst in real estate asset management and acquisitions for the private equity firm Onyx Equities. That’s something they appreciate having.

Management 48

Management Private Equity Social Media Equity 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

As an immigrant, my parents always worked and never made it to any of my school events and I get to break that cycle with my own children because starting my own business gives me the flexibility to be present for them. Thanks to Felipe Fernandes, Pi Tech ! #12- 12- Intrigued by insurance potential. Photo Credit: Anthony Martin.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Non-Compete 118

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2018

Because the 10 largest shareholders in a typical Fortune 500 company own almost half the stock, it’s not difficult for an activist investor with a good presentation and a compelling story to convince others that his way of thinking is correct. That’s why all C-suite leaders need to heed the lessons of 2017.

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