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Four Building Blocks for the New “Second Industrial Revolution”

Rob Go

But a lot of entrepreneurs and investors were hoping for a really strong showing to drive more liquidity in the market and continue the surge in hype around internet companies (both start-ups and later stage companies). These four building blocks are different from just emerging trends or the tech memes de jour.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 6) Negotiate deal.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. 11) Exit .