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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not. Well … you might be right on this one.

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From the Vault: 7 biases that can effect your decision making

crowdSPRING Blog

Anchoring can also be used to your advantage – remember that your negotiating partner is equally susceptible to this bias. In economic valuation, past cost can never be a factor for arriving at a value, and formulas such as NPV (net present value) will never take into account money which has already been spent. Bandwagon effect.

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Tips for small business: 7 biases that can effect your decision making

crowdSPRING Blog

Anchoring can also be used to your advantage – remember that your negotiating partner is equally susceptible to this bias. In economic valuation, past cost can never be a factor for arriving at a value, and formulas such as NPV (net present value) will never take into account money which has already been spent. Bandwagon effect.

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Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change

VC Cafe

as a management consultant and in 1977, he co-founded Apax Partners, a private equity firm. Apax Partners became one of the most successful private equity firms in the world, and Cohen became a billionaire. He was born in 1946 to a working class immigrant family in London and attended a State school.

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How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!)

andrewchenblog.com

The model is a template to help our partners who build on our virtual world platform understand how worlds generate revenue, their growth and costs. After all, given that typical conversion rates are Cost per acquisition + Cost of service (paying & free) MatthewWarneford Hey Andrew!

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