Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

I’ve had this conversation so many times it’s painful. Finding the best jobs takes a lot of commitment to taking many different networking meetings with executives, recruiters, entrepreneurs, VC’s, investment bankers, etc. Let me know if you hear of anything interesting.&#. Let’s start with the obvious.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

It's big, well known & we've invested in all of these really cool companies]. Do you have time for a half hour conversation over the next week or so? In case you aren’t familiar, I’ve attached a brief overview on our firm. What fits your schedule? Looking forward to speaking, Name [redacted].

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

I first heard the word “ grinfucker ” a decade or so ago from a close friend who was a former investment banker. As I reflect on the conversation, it wasn’t simply that the pro-SOPA/PIPA person was lying, he was actually grinfucking our mutual friend. ” I responded to my friend that this person was lying.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

6 – Investment Banker. I founded SilkRoll in 2015, I spent 10 years developing my style and taste in fashion while working around the world as an investment banker. That exit conversation was memorable. I even have 100,000 FB followers and over 200,000 active traders and subscribers. Image Credit: Janet Wu.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

But I start most conversations with “wantrepreneurs&# by saying, “make sure it’s in your personality type, make sure you have the risk appetite, make sure you can afford to take the risks given your life situations and make sure you know that there is a high possibility your startup won’t be hugely financially rewarding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

So yeah, I just recognized, gosh, there's this huge gap above a business broker below an investment banker. So once you have that million, but that's a, it's a great time to think about the conversation. This was a great conversation and uh, hopefully we'll run into you one of these days out there on the. Thanks John.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

There’s the example of one of my clients, a highly successful investment banker, who told me that nearly one-quarter of all his lifetime revenue had come through one law firm partner he had developed a close relationship with early in his career. That’s the recipe for a rewarding conversation.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2017

Using his financial background working as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs, he launched All Shades Covered in 2016. Jonny Grubin followed another familiar path to young entreprenuers, turning a good conversation into real action that has seen him through to success. Jonny Grubin and SoPost.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Originally designed for investment bankers, it’s now also being used by VCs to help portfolio companies with fundraising.”. – “their buyside projects are BOTH clearly articulated and credentialized with historical transaction data, links to CEO endorsements, and explanations backing up their investment interests and thesis.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

At a TNC event at our house in June 2016, I had a conversation with Mark Tercek , TNC’s CEO, around innovation. One of my favorite ideas of his is that we can ensure more financial resources go toward conservation by getting the world to fully appreciate the opportunity to invest in nature.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Conversely, say you only have 2 buyers interested in your business and they are looking to spend at least $1,000,000 on a manufacturing business. When seeking such a buyer, your best bet is to use the services of a qualified investment banker. You have good buyer "quality" but not enough quantity.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 11, 2011

Without question, there are great benefits to his methods, and I especially like his best practice of always ending a meeting, conversation, or work on an open-ended project with the simple question " What is the Next Action? But a focus on simple to do list management, in the modern world, is far from sufficient.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2019

You speak to trusted friends and personal advisors about how you should go about doing this (perhaps your lawyer or accountant), and before you know it, you stumble upon an important player in the private equity game: the investment banker. This role is also sometimes referred to in the industry as the advisor.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

To become relevant to senior executives and other influencers who won’t give you a second chance if the first conversation doesn’t light a spark. There’s the story of an investment banker who arrives at his client’s office in the middle of a large deal.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Out of college, he briefly worked as an investment banker in New York, but before long heard the siren song from Silicon Valley. Here’s what happened: I started my career in Chase Manhattan Bank … then quickly made my way over to Bear Stearns because I really wanted to be an investment banker and do mergers and acquisitions. …

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

But I start most conversations with “wantrepreneurs&# by saying, “make sure it’s in your personality type, make sure you have the risk appetite, make sure you can afford to take the risks given your life situations and make sure you know that there is a high possibility your startup won’t be hugely financially rewarding.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2015

She explained that working as an investment banker didn’t allow her to use the skills her parents had encouraged. My parents definitely pushed me to work hard and to be independent, and definitely pushed me to be an independent thinker. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. I wasn’t challenged.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

With the development team based in Israel, Samid shuttles between New York and Tel Aviv, where he shares weekly insights garnered from conversations with partners, consumers, and investors in the market. The mentors who serve this role in the U.S.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If I had not accepted this amazing challenge, I would still be working as an investment banker in London. SXSW Pitch Finalist: Betmarkets was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If I had not accepted this amazing challenge, I would still be working as an investment banker in London. SXSW Pitch Finalists: Betmarkets was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 22, 2011

I used to hear from investment bankers that a company north of $100 million in revenue and consistently profitable can find a welcome public audience. But recent conversations that I have had with bankers has carried a different, even more depressing message.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2018

They asked, “Why did the successful investment banker mention to us that she didn’t really deserve the big promotion she’d just gotten?” was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Originally published at www.sputnikatx.com.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In the episode, Kristy Kruger talks about picturing unicorns roaming the planes in Africa as a kid and being at a party many years later when the topic of conversation turned to endangered species: It was about a group of five to seven people, kind of standing around the keg, just talking.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. Footwear brands Nike, Adidas, Converse and Tiger have all done very well bringing back designs from the 1980′s to leverage the trend. Conversation has overtaken contemplation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It was one of the year's most successful IPOs so far, and has been heralded as a "landmark moment" for cryptocurrency's entrance into mainstream investing. Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2018

Typically, marketing dollars are spent in two ways: on awareness building (letting people know your product exists) and conversion (getting them to buy it). We created virality in small pockets, such as Venice Beach, California, and the virality spilled over to the next pocket, Santa Monica.

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