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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” The iPhone was released.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Then we constantly, and proactively, facilitate introductions to the right mentors and advisors in our network.

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

The Startup Magazine

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. Partner relationships have been in place with model Paula Echevarria, singer Usher and DJs Steve Aoki and Nicky Romero. Growing Hawkers.

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

The Startup Magazine

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. Partner relationships have been in place with model Paula Echevarria, singer Usher and DJs Steve Aoki and Nicky Romero. Growing Hawkers.

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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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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

Sentiment is strong in personal portfolios and up commensurately with VC’s expectations that their last fund will now be worth something (and along with that increase the partners’ personal wealth). I can tell you first hand than bankers are out making road shows to gin up interest in VCs and institutional investors.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.