Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Unfortunately as we’ve learned from recent experience, using Return on Net Assets and IRR as proxies for efficiency and execution won’t save a company when their industry encounters creative disruption. If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. Act Like a Startup.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

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

I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. One of the things I look for when investing (in addition to the obvious question of can it make money) is a sense of financial responsibility from the founders. Tweet This Tip.

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