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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

VC is a “get rich slow” business, because most VC Partners will not see a carry check for 5-10 years, after waiting for both liquidity events and for LPs to be paid first. Manhattan, New York City, in 1911. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs. Previously posted on PEHub.

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What does Sarbanes-Oxley have to do with donuts?

BeyondVC

I had the opportunity to speak on a panel the other day hosted by Venture Scene New York. The panel focused on exits or liquidity events and how VCs thought about them. This brings me to another point.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

By contrast, in their first year, new firms add an average of 3 million jobs.”. (ii) Patent Office (USPTO), could create 2.5mm new jobs over the next three years by contributing to startup formation. Source: New York Times Opinion article, Inventing Our Way Out of Joblessness by Hank Nothaft and Paul Michel, August 5, 2010 ).

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

With annual healthcare expenditures for conditions that either have an underlying cellular degeneration or damage component, now surpassing $7 trillion globally, Bioquark’s platform makes the company an attractive candidate for high-value strategic transactions and liquidity events for investors. Thanks to Ira S.

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Flippers vs Keepers–At times earnings don’t matter

Berkonomics

He has served as advisor to and member of numerous financial exchanges, and was the founder and CEO of Arthur Lipper Corporation and co-founder and Chairman of New York & Foreign Securities Corporation. Today he serves as Chairman of British Far East Holdings Ltd.

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The muted thrill of the deal closing.

Berkonomics

At five the next morning, after an all-night session with revisions, midnight calls to the buyer’s parent CEO in New York and more, we finally signed the papers, all completely worn out from the many anxious moments and long, long night. The liquidity event and beyond'

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Could you answer these tough investor questions?

Berkonomics

In a liquidation, would you have profited at the expense of your investors by taking high salary or draws before breakeven? Liquidity event: Name at least five companies that might be ready to acquire the enterprise if successful. Order all 3 Berkonomics books for $49.95,a a 33% discount. www.berkus.com.