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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 And now Immelt is now the ex-CEO, and Trian Partners just a got a seat on the GE board.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Where are we today?

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. Greylock Partners. You can register for the survey here. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce.

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Ionic Security Raises $9.4m from Kleiner Perkins, Tech Operators, ff Venture Capital

David Teten

Ted Schlein, general partner at KPCB , and Tom Noonan, partner at TechOperators , will join the board of directors. ff VC became the only and first institutional investor and I joined the company’s board in May. This also means your cloud app and internet service provider cannot see your data either.

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

My partners and I wanted to peel back the curtain slightly for those of you who’ve been following our progress, and also acknowledge the help and support numerous folks have provided as we got this new VC firm off the ground. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries.

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