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Why Investor Titles are Important

This is going to be BIG.

Partners, in my mind, should have carried interest (upside) in the fund and be able to lead deals and take board seats. They should be the kinds of key people that limited partners are basing their investment decisions on the fund itself on—not two to three year rotational employees.

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How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm

David Teten

While both the average founder and the average senior partner own 21 percent of their management firm, only the former takes home an equivalent portion of the firm’s carried interest the capital gains investors share with management companies. Senior partners take home a lower 15 percent of the carried interest….Summarizing

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Pari Passu or F.U.little guy

Professor VC

I''m a strong believer in fairness (although my daughters may not agree) and investors and entrepreneurs working together as a team to create something valuable to all stakeholders (customers, employees, founders, investors). Finally, I have to bring up some bad behavior by a name Sand Hill Road firm (SH).