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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree.” Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. 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. Transaction Processing.

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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

The elite top-tier firms have a sustainable competitive advantage with both entrepreneurs (and LPs alike) given brand, a vast network, and self-reinforcing success. The elite top-tier firms have a sustainable competitive advantage with both entrepreneurs (and LPs alike) given brand, a vast network, and self-reinforcing success.

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How VCs Spend Their Time. Err, How This VC Spends His Time.

Hunter Walker

Sometimes these come from spending time with the founders/team via 1:1s, Board meetings, whiteboard sessions, lunches, etc but often it’s operating independently and bringing back what they need. I think networking is a terrible word. ” I try to spend zero percent of my life networking. 4) Fund Operations.

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Emerging Manager Mode: The VC’s version of “Do things that don’t scale”

VC Cafe

Case in point, below are recent examples of European emerging managers who are standing out (from an upcoming report by Dealroom ) For newish VC funds, being in “emerging manager mode” means operating differently from established venture capital firms. They often provide hands-on operational assistance beyond just capital.

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

David Teten

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.