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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 dot-com bonanza. A seed round these days is $3–5 million or more!

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

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5 Things To Consider Before Selling To A Private Equity Firm

YoungUpstarts

You speak to trusted friends and personal advisors about how you should go about doing this (perhaps your lawyer or accountant), and before you know it, you stumble upon an important player in the private equity game: the investment banker. Relationships tie into the issue of governance. Governance should never be a big issue.

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What Investors Need To Know About a UITF Investment

The Startup Magazine

The total investment from these men is $6,000. ACME Commercial Bank’s fund manager is James, who is a very smart investment banker. He will use the $6,000 to invest in much more complicated investment products such as stocks, bonds and government securities in the hopes of generating higher returns.

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When A Startup Chooses IPO Most Founders Are Out

Startup Professionals Musings

With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting. Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. Increasing government regulations. Pressures to maintain growth pattern.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. It was one of the year's most successful IPOs so far, and has been heralded as a "landmark moment" for cryptocurrency's entrance into mainstream investing. This is Out Of the Crisis.

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