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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

Professional expert networks allow you to efficiently convert your financial capital into relationship capital. This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Previously posted at Forbes.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. New York Times’ timeSpace is a good example. Some corporate funds now lead rounds. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. This is another joint event between HBS Angels of NY and the HBS Club of New York. Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

While this may certainly be the case with unsophisticated angels (much less of these now) or in cases with no lead investor, Id argue the opposite. In my experience, venture investors are more focused on percentage ownership, which obviously requires a trade-off with the amount invested and valuation. ► January. (1).

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

Nobody cares that you got covered in TechCrunch , or that The New York Times blog picked up your press release. Look for Your Lead Investor. First you’ll want to find a lead investor — someone many other investors will recognize and respect. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board. With that in mind, new funds are a great place to focus. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008.

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ProfessorVC: Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine

Professor VC

In how many of those were you a lead investor? What percentage of your members are not active angel investors (i.e. At Sand Hill, we are very active and often lead investor and Series A board representative. We made 12 investments last year (5 new and 7 follow-on) and are on the same pace in 2009.