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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

The top quartile has distributed 2.03x (vs. 1.68) and the median fund now has distributed 1.27X (vs. One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The way this gets resolved is if their VC portfolio becomes liquid.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Distribution. And especially if you are dealing with early stage firms where partners might have different areas of specialization but they might have a lot of connective tissue across things.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. Since its 2006 foundation, YETI has built over 90K LinkedIn followers and 125.7K For example, let’s say you’re building a new tool for content marketers.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. Richard De Silva is based in Menlo Park with three other partners, there and 5 partners in Boston.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

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Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

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