The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Late-stage investing is about fueling the rockets, providing the capital necessary for scaling up operations, entering new markets, and, ultimately, preparing for an exit, be it an IPO or acquisition. By investing in more established companies, venture capitalists can stabilize their portfolios, ensuring a smoother ride toward profitability.

Venture Capital 125

Venture Capital Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage 125

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As fires, school shootings, and public scandals at colleges and universities hit the headlines, risk management for higher education is taking center stage for boards. Potential legislation targeting campus safety is also putting added pressure on higher education boards, motivating them to focus more intently on risk management.

Management 52

Management Technical Review Retention Reputation 52

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

From data integrity software to healthcare management services, Hauser Private Equity has seen the value in businesses that exist in the in-between of raw materials and consumer goods, and how such companies have the ability to bring about realized gains for investors. Healthcare.

Private Equity 128

Private Equity Equity Technical Review Software Review 128

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We engage intimately with businesses and their assets, understanding their operations, aspirations, and the hurdles they face. The increasing inflow of capital into private credit necessitates rigorous underwriting standards and disciplined risk management. You’ve called this era of private credit the “Reformation Age.”

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Due Diligence Bankruptcy Intellectual Property 133

View from Seed

APRIL 6, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

Technical Review 317

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 317

View from Seed

JULY 15, 2020

One topic of conversation among VC’s over the last few months is how their portfolios are faring during the Covid pandemic. So I thought I’d share my observations, informed by what’s going on in our portfolio and from what I can gather from others in the ecosystem.

Portfolio 215

Portfolio IRR Dilution Distribution 215

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In addition, in light of increasing competition in the startup funding space, a methodology for helping portfolio companies consistently is a strong competitive advantage. I’ve also posted this at Betabeat.). View more presentations from David Teten.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees. Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. .

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Software Review Hiring Seed Stage 257

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Shopify Experts marketplace operates with the Shopify Partner program — the actual site and community management system. The program will provide you with a dashboard for managing and building client sites. Therefore, you should have your site on WIX, Weebly, or WordPress to build your portfolio.

Curation 140

Curation Portfolio eCommerce Programming 140

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It isn’t difficult to find deals when building your commercial real estate (CRE) portfolio. CRE is one of the most lucrative portfolios , offering advantages over residential investments, although interest rates can be higher. For example, some investors may use multiple loan types to keep their CRE portfolio growing.

Portfolio 196

Portfolio SBA Balance Sheet .Net 196

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The global Loan Origination and Management Market is projected to reach USD 3308.10 Integration ensures that data flows seamlessly across various stages of the loan lifecycle, eliminating silos and enhancing overall operational efficiency. Look for a Loan Origination Platform that prioritizes compliance management.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Analytics Non-Compete Mobile 113

The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

Following are the top 10 tech skills to learn in 2022: 1- Project Management. Project managers direct a project from inception to finish, i.e., planning, organizing, and overall management to achieve project goals. They have realized that poor management leads to the failure of organizational goals. 9- UI/UX Designing.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Cloud Software Review 137

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. As a content management system we had lots of write activities and went with Postgres. Senior management feels undermined.

CTO Hire 308

CTO Hire Management Technical Review Part-Time VPE 308

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. How should a growth company manage their budget? So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

Agile 60

Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This blog aims to guide you through the process, from the initial steps of conducting market research to operational management, hiring staff, and more. Not just any carpet cleaning business, but specifically an endeavor in dry carpet cleaning services.

Balance Sheet 107

Balance Sheet Technical Review Business Model Business Plan 107

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2014

By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. Just like many other areas of project management, they have their benefits and their challenges. Neo’s manager assigns him to the project, as that will impact the organization’s operations the least. Money is not needed to save the world.

Management 150

Management Software Engineering Green Engineer 150

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to the World Green Building Council (WGBC), the following findings support a case for green building: Lower operating cost – the construction of green buildings can help building owners and occupiers save money thanks to efficient energy and water usage. An equal effort should be made to achieve water and waste management goals.

Green 137

Green California Government Valuation 137

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. Management in this Horizon 1 works by building repeatable and scalable processes, procedures, incentives and KPI’s to execute and measure the business model. A 50x speedup kind of fast.

Lean 120

Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The relevance of strategic risk management becomes paramount. Engaging with risk management companies has emerged as a trusted approach for financial institutions to safeguard themselves against the inherent challenges of the sector. Risk management consultancy plays a crucial role here.

Security 135

Security Management Forecast Finance 135

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

State Regulation In addition to federal laws, each State has its own regulatory environment that applies to businesses operating within the state in areas such as land-use , zoning, motor vehicles, state banking, building codes, public utilities, drug laws, etc. Eventually you’ll need to build an in-house team to manage regulatory affairs.

Washington 271

Washington Government Marketing Silicon Valley 271

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Portfolio company support & analysis. Portfolio community building. Ability to manage and prioritize large amounts of tasks since you’ll get many things thrown at you from various directions. He proved to be invaluable not only in helping portfolio companies but also in helping us run the firm. Deal screening.

Jordan 365

Jordan Technical Review Portfolio Partner 365

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. 5) Manage deal flow.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. 5) Manage deal flow.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A fundamental part of data analytics is information handling and management. Manage Product Portfolios: Businesses often own several different products that they sell to other targeted consumers. Data analysis helps keep a detailed product portfolio whereby you can assess your products on several different metrics.

Analytics 131

Analytics Portfolio Advertising Technical Review 131

Board Effect

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Boards and managers don’t agree on everything but they both agree that they need a strategic plan. One thing that they don’t always agree on is how to clarify the role of the board and the role of management in developing and implementing the strategic plan. Clarifying the Board’s Role in Strategic Management.

Management 64

Management Software Review Acquisition Merger 64

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

Cofounder 194

Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Stuart Lander has joined Upfront Ventures to help us run operations. Stuart was a co-founder at my first startup company and ended up running global operations. Neither is very strategic nor in the best interest of either set of customers that VCs have (portfolio companies & LPs).

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Cofounder San Francisco Silicon Valley 320

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates. Reporting directly to the CEO, Katina managed various departments including Back and Middle Office, IT, Recruiting and Talent, Client Service Reporting, Fund Legal and Compliance. However, this is about to change.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

However, there’s a big challenge that faces most employers who are unfamiliar with the remote work setup: what software tools do your staff need in order to stay in the game and run your day to day operations with minimal business impact? Office productivity tools for document and file workflow management. 1: PDFelement 7 Pro.

Software Review 194

Software Review Software Employee Cloud 194

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

Management 85

Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

YoungUpstarts

JULY 28, 2019

Businesses that don’t evolve to adapt to new operational challenges will be left behind in today’s fast-paced world. With the increasing need to transport goods on a larger scale than ever before, transport and logistics companies require a management system that’s capable of handling such complex business operations.

Operations 140

Operations Government Software Demand 140

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Reasons for funding. ? Scale up your operations. One of the most prominent reasons for funding is to scale up your operations, for expansion and achieve economies of scale. Now you may want to scale up your operations or expand your presence. The third reason is to fund your short term operational expenses or working capital.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Often they have brought in an operating executive as the new CEO. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195