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Dan Lok Explains Venture Capital Funding and How to Secure It

The Startup Magazine

Venture capital is a type of private equity. One difference between venture capital and private equity deals, in general, is that venture capital focuses on emerging companies. Regular private equity investors fund larger and more established companies. What is Venture Capital Funding?

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Founders: Learning should be your top 2013 New Year’s resolution

The Next Web

Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. You will not find a massive volume of users, but maybe you will find better partners. B2B Marketplaces in Asia. Not all businesses like that.

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“I think CEOs that are interested in a future acquisition need to be building relationships or at least awareness with potential buyers at least 2-3 years in advance, especially with strategics. If you’re not on the list, it’s rare for a deal to happen.” Joe Hyrkin on Selling Issuu to Bending Spoons, and More….

Hunter Walker

Since I’m always interested in startup outcomes – especially those where there’s a private equity-like exit , Joe was kind enough to share the backstory with me, and here with you! The debate was around continuing to build a destination and fight for users or leverage the platforms and distribute.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But in business, you want a lot of partners. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.