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

David Teten

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Another provider which identifies email addresses of strangers is Contactout.

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The Big VC Thaw ā€“ Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. VCā€™s are working hand-in-glove with the investment bankers to prepare for IPOs or create auction-style trade sales. The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga ā€“ Another obvious trend is Facebook.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere ā€“ Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today. — Right out of college, Dave chased a dream of being rich, becoming an investment banker. Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey, Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show.

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

Emailing or cold-calling them generally doesnā€™t work. Once youā€™ve done the hard part to build a network, you now need to do your homework (i.e., Indeed, this is critical in order to effectively negotiate any transaction (including a financing) ā€“ as every investment banker on Wall Street understands.

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How Private Equity Funds Are and Should Be Using Social Media

David Teten

Weā€™ve chosen one PE and one VC as case studies of how social media is being used by institutional private company investors: MCM Capital Partners (mcmcapital.com) : MCM Capital is a lower-middle-market private equity fund based in Ohio with over $125 million under management. 16% of visitors came from the blog or social networking sites.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Just a month ago they were all email you! before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Letā€™s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Just a month ago they were all email you! before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Letā€™s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that.