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

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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Are You the Fool at The Table?

Steve Blank

The major adoption wave for the Internet technology platform will hit in the next 8 years; 3) the economics of building Internet businesses has changed; 4) the markets are much bigger. They manage this all with knowledge of the game they’re playing, but they don’t hype it, talk about it or fan the flames. They know others will.

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Are Facebook and Groupon Bubbles Waiting To Burst?

Growthink Blog

Over 500 Groupon “copycat” websites have sprung up all over the Internet, taxing the already somewhat “faddish” demand for the daily deals site. So we are left with that sinking feeling that this whole social networking advertising space may be just one giant bubble waiting to burst….

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. The management team wasn’t strong enough. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era. Internet pioneers. I was baffled.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today. Everybody doesn’t have hi-speed Internet. — Right out of college, Dave chased a dream of being rich, becoming an investment banker. Not just a problem in terms of access to technology. (It’s It’s all of these.).

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How Private Equity Funds Are and Should Be Using Social Media

David Teten

Moreover, some investors use social media specifically to reach out to companies flashing relevant “deal signals” in order to filter the universe of companies. These investors are exploiting the wealth of information about private companies available online, increasingly leaked via social media.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. The management team wasn’t strong enough. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era. Internet pioneers. I was baffled.