Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 30, 2022
They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Leadership is the quality that inspires people to do their best every day. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Leadership is the quality that inspires people to do their best every day. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.
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David Teten
MAY 9, 2012
Any company that aspires to maintain a leadership position needs to position itself to exploit these two macro trends. Founded in 1970, NAIC firms invest in venture (early stage/later stage) and private equity (growth/buyout/mezzanine/distressed/secondary funds). the shift of America to a majority minority country by 2050.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
The demo is iconic and amazing, but it takes too long and is too abstract for their corporate customers buying Oblong’s Mezzanine product. For several months, I kept banging on them to set up a simple use case, which is the how I use the Mezzanine system in our office. Product demo makerbot mezzanine oblong Sales'
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Leadership is the quality that inspires people to do their best every day. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 3, 2013
They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Leadership is the quality that inspires people to do their best every day. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Separate management from leadership, and provide both. Leadership is the quality that inspires people to do their best every day. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth.
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