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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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ICO Advertising On Google

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From where I sit, it seems like similar rules to selling private equity should apply to ICOs. In addition, there are some rules associated with selling public equity that should apply. Last year, the SEC finally started putting out some vague statements that are now starting to get crisper and more precise.

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The Generic VC / PE Reference Questions For An Executive Hire

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I don’t know which VC or Private Equity firm first came up with this list of questions, but like many elements of a term sheet, they seem to have been passed down from generation to generation. Would you hire Person X again? If so, what size company? What other questions should I have asked?

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CU Boulder’s New Venture Challenge 10th Anniversary

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Anthony Shontz, managing director of Private Equity at Partners Group. Stephanie Copeland, former president of Zayo Group and current executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Dan and Cindy Caruso and Amy and I contributed the prizes, which total $100,000.

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Q316 State of Venture Capital Update With Cooley

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Do you see a substantial uptick in private and growth equity in the market? . In 2015, there was a huge influx of hedge fund, crossover, and private equity investors doing late stage rounds. If so, how does that influence the venture market or your investment strategy? This is mostly impacting the later stages.

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Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Tyler Tysdal

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His investment background includes venture capital, buyouts, restructurings, hedge funds, real estate, public equities, bonds and several entrepreneurial ventures. Tysdal serves on the Board of Directors for the following Mantucket Capital portfolio companies: BrandJourney Capital and PRN Medical Services.

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Foundry Group Next

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For the past 13 years, Lindel Eakman has been the head of UTIMCO’s private equity group. The critical ingredient for bringing this all together was finding the person to help us execute our GP fund strategy. Fortunately we knew exactly who we wanted to work on this project.