YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2016

Brand extension and market growth can be aided by a family name in ways a non-family brand name cannot. They have effectively extended their family name to encompass a luxury resort and championship golf courses. The name now carries status and business success, which can be leveraged across industries.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Private Equity Non-Compete Reputation 100

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m sure many of you have heard his name. Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast.

Private Equity 329

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009 , subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies. The movement’s objective is to look at the entire financial and social system, not just at women.”

Private Equity 54

Private Equity Venture Capital United States Equity 54

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Identify new publishers (via domain name) for consideration. This is hosted by NFX.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Franchises are an easy way to trade on the popularity of an established name. Watch Out for Private Equity Owners. Private equity firms sometimes run franchises well. The US Small Business Administration notes that fast-food franchises make up the most popular business type for new entrepreneurs.

Private Equity 160

Private Equity Small Business Administration Equity Operations 160

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. My name is John Bates. The full audio can be listened to above, and the transcript can be found below. Matt Rissell: Yeah, absolutely.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2018

The same principles can be used in finance and hedging financial deals is routine for investors and businesses alike. Hedge funds today are better known for investing in distressed companies before turning them around or investing private equity in businesses that others cannot invest in. Hedging from a Hedge Fund Perspective.

Private Equity 145

Private Equity Equity Valuation Differentiation 145

Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The most striking example was the one hundred–million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. You name the price; I’ll name the terms. But I learned it again and again in my various business lives. It’s an easy rule to remember. What power!

Naming 48

Naming Warrant Private Equity Valuation 48

David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

I published in 2010 a research study on best practices in how private equity and VC funds source investments. These trends create an attractive opportunity to invest in companies that are targeting the emerging domestic economy and/or whose founders represent the growing female and minority population in the U.S.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The most common financial buyer is a private equity firm. Indeed, big private equity firms (such as Blackstone, TPG, Apollo, etc.) There are also, however, lots of small private equity firms that you never read about and which are on the hunt for small, private companies. Conclusion.

Private Equity 59

Private Equity New York City Equity Deal Structure 59

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.

Stock 150

Stock Finance Marketing Valuation 150

Gust

APRIL 23, 2014

From a completely biased perspective, I’d nominate the nascent and not yet completely visible rise of online equity investing platforms. While Gust is generally flying under the radar, and currently accounts for an infinitesimally tiny fraction of the marketplace, the actual numbers may be a bit surprising.

Angel Groups 127

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Private Equity Deal Flow 127

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

When seeking equity investments, the source of capital is, for the most part, tied to the stage of capital being raised. You see, equity capital is raised in stages or rounds. Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Prabhdeep Singh: Ask any entrepreneur about their most valuable resource when they’re making tough decisions, and you’ll hear the name of someone, not something. Or, you can go straight to the source.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Customer service. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus. Girls in Tech.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

STANLEY FISCHER NAMED WORLD’S TOP BANK GOVERNOR FOR 2010. Euromoney magazine, a leading international banking, finance and capital markets news publication, named Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer the world’s best bank governor for 2010 for his leadership of Israel’s economy in the wake of the global financial crisis.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

I wrote recently about Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? That said, venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, and it’s typically the most expensive. The first step is to decide the right capital structure for your financing.

SBIC 60

SBIC SBA Cap Table Database 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

Sometimes it ends up improving the big company — Whole Foods in particular is known for incorporating good ideas from the stores they purchase, and in fact sometimes don’t change the names and branding of the existing stores. Which makes sense. It’s not necessarily about destruction, it’s about ownership.

Sales 260

Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Trilegiant Corporation , (who is owned by Avis Budget Group (yes, that Avis & Budget), in turn owned by the private equity group Apollo Management ) does business as PrivacyGuard and has engaged in the most unethical of business practices I have come across in years. I have mostly taken over helping my dad with his finances.

Direct Marketing 263

Direct Marketing Private Equity Sacramento Marketing 263

finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Term Sheet The latest on private equity, M&A, deals and movements — from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Exclusive: Returns for brand-name VC funds By Dan Primack August 20, 2012: 12:15 PM ET. Now, as for those private equity funds: Blackstone Communications Partners I (2000): 129% (97%). Finance jobs.

Naming 49

Naming Term Sheet Private Equity Equity 49

Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2018

As a successful young entrepreneur (he’s only 30! ), Harrison Rogers is Founder and CEO of HJR Global, a private equity company that has increased at least 200% every year for the past 4 years. How did you come up with your business name? How easy or hard is it to be successful in business at a young age?

Private Equity 70

Private Equity Entrepreneur Global America 70

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they I expect to see more announcements of big name people and companies moving to Texas every month in 2021. Dallas (North) is the ninth largest city and was recently named the number one commercial real estate market in the US. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Robert and I talked about how it's working, the science of pseudoviruses and reporter genes, how his father's example in science and business set him on his path, and how to bridge the gap between science and finance. My name is Robert Rhinehart. In addition, a complete transcript of our conversation follows the show resources below.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. Most investor groups specialize by geography, stage, and/or industry.

New York 60

New York Africa Cofounder Egypt 60

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

As a private company, Facebook has been not obligated to disclose the exact prices at which it sold shares in its early financing rounds. This points to a second Facebook IPO lesson for investors, namely liquidity “signaling.”

Angel Investor 76

Angel Investor IPO Private Equity Early Stage 76

Growthink Blog

MARCH 1, 2017

What is driving the rally is the hope that the aspects of the new administration's policies that are clearly pro-business, namely tax, regulatory, healthcare reform and infrastructure investment, will outweigh those that potentially are not - trade and immigration. Sell Your Company.

Marketing 48

Marketing Private Equity Acquisition Equity 48

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

Haghani observed, “Since investors in private companies inherently lack liquidity, the Value model makes far more sense to me in venture capital and private equity.”. If the Founder continues to be weak at follow-on financing, that “value trap” can hinder their continued growth. .

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Edwin: Correct, I fully agree and the name MeetingKing already says that my initial focus definitely was on meetings, right? You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. But we’re just not going to name them as ideal.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. And half our clubs were in the state of California in 2008, so was a very interesting time to be a CEO and learned a lot.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

Consider the total amount of funding for doomed projects that comes from VC’s, large company M&A departments, government grants, and private equity firms. She works every day financing the next generation of startups. I’ve written about this before, in the context of why it’s important to teach MBA’s about entrepreneurship.

Lean 167

Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167