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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. Later stage investors are using private company marketplace services focused on more established companies, listed below under “Exit Investments”. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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How to Fund Your Startup Without Losing Control

Up and Running

When you accept outside money, particularly a private equity (PE) investment, however, that changes. In this article, I’ll provide some personal stories of how investors have navigated the balance between raising private equity capital and not losing control of their startup.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. I thought it would be helpful to compile my past articles in one place. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . 3) Raise capital.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. I thought it would be helpful to compile my past articles in one place. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . 3) Raise capital.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Crowdfunding is also an option where you can raise funds through crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, but unfortunately Indian regulation only allows crowdfunding for some non-profit Check out this article if you want to know more about crowdfunding: 10 things about running a successful crowdfunding campaign. ? Startup competitions.

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Cram Down – A Test of Character for VCs and Founders

Steve Blank

This article previously appeared in TechCrunch. At the turn of the century after the dotcom crash, startup valuations plummeted, burn rates were unsustainable, and startups were quickly running out of cash. Venture capital, like most private equity, is an unregulated financial asset class – anything goes. They’re Back.

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How VCs Can Accelerate Portfolio Company Returns

David Teten

This study is effectively a sequel to the study David Teten led with Chris Farmer of General Catalyst on best practices of venture capital and private equity funds in originating new deals , published in Journal of Private Equity , Harvard Business Review , Institutional Investor , etc.

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