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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

Maybe surprisingly, but emerging managers in particular, outperformed ‘blue chip’ funds from 2004 to 2020. Eze Vidra, Remagine Ventures Venture remains attractive but LPs have been burnt With a 11.5% IRR (on average) over a 15-year horizon, Venture continues to outperform other long-term asset classes.

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7 Strategies To Solve Your Business Problems Faster

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in 2004, he cared enough about an associate's injury to spend time investigating, and used the exercise to isolate a root cause without blaming anyone. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/26/2020. The right first step for every issue is the old “ ask why three times ” strategy to get to the root of the problem.

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7 Tips For Building Millennials Into Next-Gen Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

They started out as that spoiled generation of kids, born between about 1982 and 2004, who had everything, and could care less about business. Today they are in every business, and will likely comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020. Their success is now vital to our success.

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

March 30, 2020. One in 2004 and one in 2006. Now, in 2020 our bodies are being attacked. Founders, I’m talking to you. I’m one of you. Your world and mine are different than they were three weeks ago. A virus has changed everything for your businesses and for your family. Travel, insurance, and similar industries took huge hits.

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How To Mentor Millennials Into Business Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

They started out as that spoiled generation of kids, born between about 1982 and 2004, who had everything, and could care less about business. Today they are in every business, and will likely comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020. Their success is now vital to our success.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

So, in August of 2020, I and a mostly menopausal team of experts turned my plant-based gluten-free recipe into delicious and nutritious female formulated energy bars that help women navigate the menopause years with confidence and ease.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

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