Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company. He was a former Wall Street analyst with no operating or investment experience, who became a VC by teaming up with operator LJ Sevin. There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital. Some worked; some did not.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you have managed to pull off success with something that 90% of other start-ups fail at, namely make it through the start-up phase, then you deserve some kudos. You can either arrange an LBO of their business, or a mutual partnership that can benefit both firms. However, don’t pause for too long admiring your success.

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LBO Merger Social Media Startup 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 23, 2018

Toys R Us was making plenty of money as an operating business. The problem was billions of dollars of debt incurred by a private equity firm extracting capital via an LBO. Learn to lead and manage your business like a pro. . — Vic Pascucci III (@victorpascucci3) March 20, 2018.

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Small Business Design LBO Harvest 52

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

Management Shake-ups – most notably the sudden departure of COO John Schappert and shuffling of Marc Pincus’s direct reports. Same is true when you look at actual cash in and out the door… Zynga’s operations generated $146M in positive cashflow in 1H 2012. But at what point does Zynga become a value play?

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Stock LBO .Net Valuation 160