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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Wouldn’t younger VCs with the incentive to climb the ranks internally be better champions of one’s startup and more likely to want to fuel growth, regardless of the exit strategy?

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

My first consideration was having an exit strategy in mind, as it makes sense to leave a legacy. We talked about how moving the ball side to side was good for control, but to achieve that yearning score, we needed to move the ball vertically down the field. So, the word vertical is what I have been looking for.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

For example, some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. They are tracking information available on Pitchbook, Bloomberg M&A, and other similar sources to conduct factor analysis in order to identify a series of factors that would kick-off the exit process. A (Micro) VC’s Tech Stack. *

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

David Teten

Some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. They are tracking information available on Pitchbook, Bloomberg M&A, and other similar sources to conduct factor analysis in order to identify a series of factors that would kick-off the exit process. the Untouched Vertical.

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

Yes, founders should have an exit strategy like taking the money and buying an income stream that runs itself. Reply David Locke , on May 12, 2010 at 7:01 am Said: Yes, the Durant meme moved to Silicon Valley, as did the tradition of boards ousting founders. is the Durant School of Entrepreneurship (DSE)?