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Why So Many Small Emerging Managers Don’t Use Placement Agents

David Teten

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. They had 154 visits, 97 due diligence requests, 33 second visits, and 12 reference requests, to ultimately produce 9 institutional investors. Another option is to use an online investor ecosystem.

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Reinventing Life Science Startups–Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Steve Blank

But what if we could increase productivity and stave the capital flight by helping Life Sciences startups build their companies more efficiently? has gone offshore primarily due to the toughened regulatory environment. Biologics can be made from human, animal, or microorganisms – or produced by recombinant DNA technology.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. New York has an extremely active Meetup culture; almost every night there are 3-10 tech-focused events.