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Convertible? Equity? What kind of coin should you use to scratch off a lottery ticket?

This is going to be BIG.

There are a lot of folks out there that write small checks and aren’t really as active in the formative stages in a company. That’s fine if you’re looking to fill out a round—but someone needs to be depended upon to drive value as an active investor—because management teams need all the help they can get to achieve success.

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Establishing Trust as a VC

This is going to be BIG.

One relationship that isn't so commonplace is having a venture capital investor--especially for the first time. It would be pretty hard not to establish trust if the investor just does what the founder laid out for them to do--as long as they're on the same page about what that should be. Why are you a VC?

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Anatomy of an Innovation-friendly School

This is going to be BIG.

Does the school really want active investors leaving so soon, or would they rather us be visible in the hallways and lounges. I actually went through the 20 minute hassel of tracking down the school's IT team to get me one. It was doable, but I'm sure I'm the only person that would have bothered.

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The 25 Most Active Family Offices on Axial

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At Station, we understand that a company’s people and culture are the key to success, and we seek to work with entrepreneurs and management teams who are motivated and incentivized to execute a shared strategic vision alongside an active investor-group.”

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Transcript: Marta Norton

The Big Picture

How do you think about private equity, venture capital or even hedge funds? In terms of kind of what this means for active and passive, I think there’s a lot to that. But as an active investor, I can say I’m a big fan of passive investing. NORTON: So we have that embedded in our mutual funds as well.