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8 Action Items Required To Sustain Market Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

If your business success so far is based on family and Angel investors, perhaps it’s time to start working with institutional investors and external business partners. With each new skill you acquire, your likelihood of long-term success is improved. Expand your investment alternatives.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

Any company that aspires to maintain a leadership position needs to position itself to exploit these two macro trends. HBSAANY members include venture capitalists, individual accredited investors, and other institutional investors. the shift of America to a majority minority country by 2050. domestic market.

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

The great-grandson of Hermogenes Lopez had a long history as an executive and angel investor prior to taking on the leadership role at Hawkers. For Betancourt Lopez, the Hawkers investment was another in a long line of successful business ventures. Growing Hawkers.

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How To Disrupt The Investing Business, With Katina Stefanova (Ex-Bridgewater Management Committee)

David Teten

The most pervasive has been the expansion of passively managed portfolios, such as index funds and ETFs, which allow both retail and institutional investors access to a broad spectrum of investment opportunities at a much lower cost. David Teten : Thank you very much for your time and insight. Cross-posted in Forbes ).

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

About 75% of the portfolio companies that are at least 6 months old have successfully raised series A’s from good institutional investors at a nice valuation step-up from our initial investment. Out of the 23 portfolio companies, 2 have been acquired for terrific multiples ( RentJuice and Hyperpublic ).

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How Betancourt Lopez Used Viral, Influencer Marketing to Grow Hawkers Brand

The Startup Magazine

The great-grandson of Hermogenes Lopez had a long history as an executive and angel investor prior to taking on the leadership role at Hawkers. For Betancourt Lopez, the Hawkers investment was another in a long line of successful business ventures. Growing Hawkers.

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VC Governance FAQ: (3) How can investors protect themselves against key-person risk from fraud in VC-backed portfolio companies?

Pascal's View

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Given recent instances of VC-backed company fraud and questions about the management team, how can institutional investors protect themselves from key person risk? Will they work 24/7 to get the job done?