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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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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. VC’s are working hand-in-glove with the investment bankers to prepare for IPOs or create auction-style trade sales. The more Machiavellian the manager is the quicker he/she rises.

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Are You the Fool at The Table?

Steve Blank

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. 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

So we are left with that sinking feeling that this whole social networking advertising space may be just one giant bubble waiting to burst…. Get the Answers I am excited to share with you the opportunity to meet Growthink Managing Director Mr. Troy Centazzo. billion, and for the first time surpassed newspaper ad spending.

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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. — Right out of college, Dave chased a dream of being rich, becoming an investment banker. Steve : Even though the old boys are not very old. . Wayne : No. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. It turned out to be the wrong path for him.

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How Private Equity Funds Are and Should Be Using Social Media

David Teten

We’ve chosen one PE and one VC as case studies of how social media is being used by institutional private company investors: MCM Capital Partners (mcmcapital.com) : MCM Capital is a lower-middle-market private equity fund based in Ohio with over $125 million under management.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Add micro payments services like Square to the equation and very soon we will begin to hear investment bankers start to cry foul like journalists and recording industry executives have been doing since Napster. It was anti-social in nature. They are now reclaiming their cities and circumventing the planning doctrine.

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