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On Expert Networks, Compliance, the Drunk and the Lamppost

David Teten

Expert networks have been in the news a lot for the past few weeks, due to the SEC’s attempt to look for insider trading amongst hedge funds, following on their Galleon investigation (Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon is in the photo shown). Investors have always sought out primary research; expert networks just make it easier.

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). Estimated 100 – 200 total entities Friends & family – basic networking. View more presentations.

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[Review] Startup Rising

YoungUpstarts

And what he finds is incredibly encouraging – he shares many, many stories of young entrepreneurs challenging the status quo, limited technological infrastructure and governmental lethargy to fulfill their dreams, and at the same time plug the many gaps that clearly exist in the market.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. The private markets are more opaque; they offer less of the hard data critical to a true quant approach. But we’re doing it slowly. 2) Raise capital.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

. - Studying best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. I am now leading a Columbia MBA team (ex-Mckinsey and BCG) on a study regarding best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. See ffvc.com/topics for a full list of topics we want to research.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. In a business development role you’re out shaping the perception of your company in the market (networking), determining leads, and contacting leads. Read part one here.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital. HBSAANY’s investment in VCAP© was inspired in part by the Harvard Business School U.S. competitiveness.