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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. 1) Corporate Venture Capital.

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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Business Model versus Business Plan , Teaching , Venture Capital. 1) It’s their fiduciary responsibility.

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Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Business Model versus Business Plan , Teaching , Venture Capital. 1) It’s their fiduciary responsibility.

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How Does Venture Funding Work for Startups?

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A venture capitalist firm can be formed when a small number of individuals come together as a group of limited partners (LPs) to raise a large sum of money that they can use to invest in startup companies. Limited partners are usually comprised of large institutions that work with venture capitalists to get big returns on their money.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Coats says their underlying thinking was sophisticated enough to attract more than 30 venture capitalists to invest personally as limited partners in Correlation Ventures’ first fund, along with college endowments, pensions, funds of funds, and other conventional investors.

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

David Teten

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

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ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. Of course, given the state of venture returns, perhaps randomly picking from a stack of business plans would provide as good or better results than an entrepreneur selection algorithm or detailed due diligence.