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Q316 State of Venture Capital Update With Cooley

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This quarter they interviewed me as part of it on Quarterly VC Update: Brad Feld on the State of Venture Capital Investing. In 2015, there was a huge influx of hedge fund, crossover, and private equity investors doing late stage rounds. Each quarter Cooley does a VC market update. The interview with me follows.

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Book: King of Capital

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While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States.

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Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Tyler Tysdal

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Tysdal serves on the Board of Directors for the following Mantucket Capital portfolio companies: BrandJourney Capital and PRN Medical Services. His investment background includes venture capital, buyouts, restructurings, hedge funds, real estate, public equities, bonds and several entrepreneurial ventures.

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The Generic VC / PE Reference Questions For An Executive Hire

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I don’t know which VC or Private Equity firm first came up with this list of questions, but like many elements of a term sheet, they seem to have been passed down from generation to generation. Would you hire Person X again? If so, what size company? What other questions should I have asked?

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Foundry Group Next

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For the past 13 years, Lindel Eakman has been the head of UTIMCO’s private equity group. He’s created an incredible portfolio of investments in venture capital funds, including Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, True Ventures, IA Ventures, Techstars Ventures, and Foundry Group.