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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company. He was a former Wall Street analyst with no operating or investment experience, who became a VC by teaming up with operator LJ Sevin. There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital. Some worked; some did not.

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3 Ways to Grow Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

If you have managed to pull off success with something that 90% of other start-ups fail at, namely make it through the start-up phase, then you deserve some kudos. You can either arrange an LBO of their business, or a mutual partnership that can benefit both firms. However, don’t pause for too long admiring your success.

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Twitter Link Roundup #330 – Terrific Reads for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Toys R Us was making plenty of money as an operating business. The problem was billions of dollars of debt incurred by a private equity firm extracting capital via an LBO. Learn to lead and manage your business like a pro. . — Vic Pascucci III (@victorpascucci3) March 20, 2018.

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When Does Zynga Become a Value Stock?

Agile VC

Management Shake-ups – most notably the sudden departure of COO John Schappert and shuffling of Marc Pincus’s direct reports. Same is true when you look at actual cash in and out the door… Zynga’s operations generated $146M in positive cashflow in 1H 2012. But at what point does Zynga become a value play?

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