Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products. If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. Act Like a Startup.

Private Equity 329

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. Every major angel study conducted to date has shown high IRR.

IRR 114

IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. Wikipedia defines an angel investor as “an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.”.

Angel Investor 161

Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For those who aren’t familiar, Mobius was a VC fund with offices in Silicon Valley and Boulder CO and at it’s peak Mobius had $2B+ under management. the Sequoia’s and Greylock’s of the world) or sometimes its based on the entrepreneurial successes of the founders of new firms (e.g. So at a fund level (e.g.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154