Last year the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), a voluntary organization dedicated to the interests of institutional limited partners in private equity funds, released its Private Equity Principles. By Attorneys at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Joshua B. Deringer, John J. Emslie, Neil K. Haimm and F. Neil K. MORE >>

But there are plenty of entrepreneurs who have built interesting businesses using outside capital - angel, seed, VC, or some other form - and they have a portion of their cap table that is seeking a return on their capital on some reasonable timetable. Let's say a company required $10mm of startup capital to get to breakeven. MORE >>

Venture Capital firms have to do this as well. Potential limited partners (or LP’s as we call them) come to the table with a set of beliefs that are, well, sometimes peculiar and rarely challenged – after all, the VC that is raising capital does not want to upset their potential investor. of their capital base is asinine. MORE >>

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY. MORE >>

Interestingly, when he said that, I felt like a venture capitalist. You see, venture capitalists or VCs hear tons and tons of business ideas. Interestingly, I went to business school nearly 15 years ago with several bright guys who became venture capitalists. I speak to my friend Steve about once a month. Don't get me wrong. MORE >>