Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
They had interviewed telecom operators, handset manufacturers and corporate buyers. Every investment banker I know is “number 1″ in something. My boss told me to look at the growth rate average over the past 3 years an increase it by 2% because mobile penetration is increasing.&# There you go. I encourage it.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 11, 2023
While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. Warlock was so large that it was kept at the ERA factory and operated as a remote operations center. Why Minneapolis/St. million today.)
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This is going to be BIG.
MAY 12, 2014
That means I have a total budget of a little over $200,000 to run the entire operations of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. If I was optimizing for cash, I would have been an investment banker a long time ago. If the fund is a disaster, you don''t have to give it back, but I plan on being successful, so I still think of it like a loan.
Rob Go
JANUARY 18, 2012
In a prior post about what it’s like to be a VC I made the claim that even if an investor has operating experience, that experience gets stale after a few years. This led to the following question in my comments: “You mention that operational skills begin to decline 2 years into the job. Couple observations.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 25, 2018
Pat grew the business so successfully that by his senior year, he had moved the operations from his dorm room to an off-campus office, had a staff of 17 full- and part-time employees and over 100 business accounts. The business began to grow, as did his database of college students, their emails, cell phone numbers, and social media handles.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2017
At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut. The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 22, 2018
He has extensive professional experience as an investment banker and venture capitalist and has provided valuable strategic and operational guidance to nine fast-growing SaaS companies including Iowa-based Dwolla and BirdDogHR.
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