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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

According to Mark Hauser, the rising costs of healthcare and growth of the aging patient demographic in the region made the company well-positioned for growth within the market, and in researching the company he found that it had a very favorable reputation and was in line with Hauser Private Equity’s mission to invest in stable, quality companies.

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Cram Down – A Test of Character for VCs and Founders

Steve Blank

Startups that can’t find product/market fit and/or generate sufficient revenue and/or lacked patient capital are scrambling for dollars – and the bottom feeders are happy to help. You just failed the ethical choice and forever ruined your reputation. But now with the economic conditions changing, that’s no longer true.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance. With the public markets down, these groups began writing down Unicorn valuations. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

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The Entrepreneur Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). I’m on the record as saying I’m 70% management, 30% market. I’m on the record as saying I’m 70% management, 30% market. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.