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

The Startup Magazine

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Over the past decade, advancing technologies and social consciousness have been causing unprecedented and exciting shifts in every sector of the economy, not just the tertiary.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. When the company hits potholes, Flexible VC investors usually don’t have the nuclear options of firing management and/or doing a recapitalization. Minimum requirements.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s review all of our existing investments. On the positive side, corporate profits are up, their balance sheets have been repaired and they have recapitalized themselves to have lower amounts of debt relative to equity. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. And don’t think tech will remain immune.

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Silicon Valley Frontlines: Two Tales of "Working For Equity"

philipsmith.typepad.com

Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). The G&A Function in Early Stage Tech , The Startup Environment | Permalink. Tech Business Environment.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. They use the reputation of the other investors as a proxy for due diligence.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

venturehacks.com

The company is acquired, recapitalized, or otherwise restructured and the advisors are no longer useful or desired. Read some fun reviews of this site. The company has left the line of business where the advisor added value. Should I give advisory shares to my investors? And in relationships, words are not enough.