Startup Professionals Musings

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5 Keys To Personalized Team And Customer Connections

Startup Professionals Musings

He speaks from a wealth of personal experience in private equity, as well as top executive positions at American Express, Sears, and Citigroup. The new principles of engagement, as well as the dysfunctions of the old, are well illustrated in the insightful classic book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? ” by Steven D.

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6 New Venture Challenges Make It An Endurance Sport

Startup Professionals Musings

McGinnis, a well-known venture capitalist and private equity investor. On the other hand, I remember a classic book, “ The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job ,” by Patrick J. The smartest people I know these days always have several things going concurrently – and more in the queue.

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5 Venture Periods Call For Unique Funding Strategies

Startup Professionals Musings

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

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Startups Need To Be Skeptical Of Bank Funding Offers

Startup Professionals Musings

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), despite recent failures, actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Startup Professionals Musings

All private equity groups go about due diligence in their own way, but there are a few key areas of focus that entrepreneurs should always expect: Team strength and health. For small teams, every team member will likely be interviewed.

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10 Steps To Second Stage Success For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. There is no free lunch.

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Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?

Startup Professionals Musings

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.