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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

Some corporations emulate this model by creating their own wholly-owned VC entities, typically with one LP: the corporate balance sheet. For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups.

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Is there age bias in VC investing?

VC Adventure

I recently waked into a pitch meeting for a social networking related business and was surprised by what I saw. I had interacted with the entrepreneur over email – taking a look at the initial business plan and setting up the meeting – but we hadn’t met in person before. I’d love your thoughts on this.

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Signs That You're No Longer a VC

Babbling VC

These are listed in no particular order: The most obvious sign is that you stop receiving as many business plans. Now, I''m down to two or three a week (see the irony.why am I still receiving business plans?). You stop analyzing everything in life as if it were business plan! LP''s.what''s that?

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All About Patents: An Entrepreneur’s Guide

YoungUpstarts

Solomon Ali specializes in corporate consulting, with over thirty years of experience handling capital acquisitions, business plan development, financial projections, and arranging financing for companies. and Alarmforce LP, SkyBell Technologies, In August Home Inc., Bird Home Automation LLC and Bird Home Automation GmbH.

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

David Teten

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence.

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Is there age bias in VC investing?

VC Adventure

I recently waked into a pitch meeting for a social networking related business and was surprised by what I saw. I had interacted with the entrepreneur over email – taking a look at the initial business plan and setting up the meeting – but we hadn’t met in person before. I’d love your thoughts on this.

LP 48
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Why You Should be Raising Money NOW

Babbling VC

If for no other reason than to see what your business may be worth, get a business plan banged together and send it to some VC''s. . If they don''t get a homerun in the portfolio fast, their fund has no chance of ever raising additional money or even returning money to their LP''s. Why do I think this is the case?

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