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Market Traders Institute Investor Advice on Market Trends

The Startup Magazine

Social Media. Not only are financial journals now engaged on social media, thought leaders in investing are pointing their fingers at critical changes in the economy. That’s why Jacob Martinez states that Market Traders Institute pours critical resources into its SmartTrader software. Foreign Currency Exchange (Forex).

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Why Businesses Must Grasp Millennial Thinking Or Face Economic Calamity

YoungUpstarts

It is not uncommon for Millennials to candidly share details about their buying experiences, good or bad, on their public social media platforms. They check websites, blogs, or peer reviews that they trust. They let everyone know about their buying experiences. Big purchases can happen virtually. Information is essential.

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

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Next, they use the financial press and blogs to spread their message to the institutional investors.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

You could use the standard Articles of Organization provided by the Secretary of State, [1] which subject the company to the standard operating procedures in the Corporation Code. Investors/buyers may even ask that the company be restructured. Verdict : Corporation.

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

David Teten

For both origination and due diligence, a host of companies aspire to be the “Bloomberg of private companies”, including CB Insights , Crunchbase , DataFox , FuelUp , fundsUP , Mattermark , Qodeo , Quid , Tracxn , Unomy.com , and Zirra. 5) Due diligence. 4) Manage deal flow. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring.

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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Set up the basic marketing toolkit: deck, website, accurate online databases, and social media accounts. . Your materials should ideally meet the expectations of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, even if you’re not targeting institutions. For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack.