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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. I got my start when I was young—as an eBay Powerseller—and I eventually moved on to building a thriving marketing agency. Thanks to Daniel Javor, Next Luxury ! #4-

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

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.

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The IPO Market: Is Larry Bird Walking Through that Door?

Growthink Blog

For the period from 2004 to 2010 a mere 324 did. Well, for investors seeking capital appreciation, it is critical to digest that the “big picture” vectors all point toward private companies that remain private being the main drivers of innovation - and thus growth - for as far as the eye can see. companies went public.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. Ok, let’s dive in and discuss in more detail.

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What Angel Investors Can Learn from Facebook’s IPO

Growthink Blog

Most famous among them is Peter Thiel, who we know in 2004 invested $500,000 into Facebook at a valuation of approximately $4.9 However, both by pretty simple math and disclosures by the principals involved, we can pretty much deduce both the percentage and real dollar return of some of Facebook's earliest investors.

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Priavte Startups May Get Liquidity With the Launch of SecondMarket in Israel

VC Cafe

SecondMarket will provide Israeli companies with the tools to access capital and facilitate secondary liquidity for shareholders, including bankruptcy claims, auction-rate securities, and limited partnership interests in private equity and real estate funds.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Amelia Investments – “Amelia Investments is a private equity fund creating economic opportunities throughout the Middle East region. Siraj Fund Management Company (SFMC) is the first Palestinian private equity fund manager. Apply here. Siraj Capital. Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.

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