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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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How to Write a Business Plan

Up and Running

Technology : If you are a technology company, it’s critical for your business plan to describe your technology and what your “secret sauce” is. You don’t have to give away trade secrets in your business plan, but you do need to describe how your technology is different and better than other solutions out there.