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How To Disrupt The Investing Business, With Katina Stefanova (Ex-Bridgewater Management Committee)

David Teten

Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates. Reporting directly to the CEO, Katina managed various departments including Back and Middle Office, IT, Recruiting and Talent, Client Service Reporting, Fund Legal and Compliance. However, this is about to change.

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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. More details.

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The Importance of Boards

ithacaVC

Good corporate governance is critical at startups and other companies alike! The importance of the Board is why institutional investors (like VCs) often get a seat on the Board after an investment. The list goes on and on. The Board discusses and agrees on strategy. Discussion is critical. One situation is really scary though.

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VC Governance FAQ: (3) How can investors protect themselves against key-person risk from fraud in VC-backed portfolio companies?

Pascal's View

This is the third in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Institutional investors have to do the same thing because they are betting on people, and they need to establish a considerable measure of trust if they are going to sign on to a 10 year commitment to invest in illiquid assets.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

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Electing a Truly Independent Director

Austin Startup

TL;DR Nutshell : There are few governance-related decisions with a more outsized impact on a company’s power structure than the selection of an independent director. Is the candidate looking for other appointments, either as a director or a more-involved executive; potentially at companies where your lead investors could deliver access?

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Impact Investing: a time for problems to become opportunities

VC Cafe

“This is part of a process taking place in the world in the past decade,” writes TechForGood CEO Omri Boral, “in which the approach of organizations, investors and countries towards social and environmental issues is changing from seeing them as a problem to becoming an opportunity.”. Cohen asks.