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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. with whom they co-invested in the data integrity software company Precisely. Organic and Inorganic Growth.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc. I always tell people that fund raising is a sales process. What do I do now? That wasn’t you.

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The top startup at this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois was Balodana , a fashion purchasing platform disrupting the women’s e-commerce fashion industry. I work in technology where the dress code is relaxed, but an executive woman my age can wear neither a hoodie nor a stuffy suit.). HQ Location : Chicago, Illinois.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. We spent a few hundred thousand dollars opening up operations in Chicago and Washington D.C. Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. Some of the speed is simply due to development methodologies.

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Why do marketplaces make great businesses?

Austin Startup

The rise of no-code and low-code tools means it’s never been easier to set up and build an online business. you’re building a product for two different audiences (buyers and sellers) as well as facilitating sales between them so there’s a lot more complexity than building a simple e-commerce website.

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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

YoungUpstarts

Insurance is the next big industry due for a disruption. Which means that making insurance coverage accessible to consumers – read, sales – is going to be a key break-in point for anyone up for the challenge. by Celina Kirchner, full-stack attorney at Michelman & Robinson, LLP. Yep, you read that title right. She’s based in L.A.,