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Be the Startup I Want to Fund

This is going to be BIG.

I'm not a publisher, so I have to rely on my network to do due diligence. It costs nearly know money to blanket your industry with the buzz that you're onto something--either through 1:1 meetings, blogging, or just being *the* industry expert in the space. Consider the following mental exercise. oh, I dunno. If not, why not?

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The role of leverage in private credit in a high interest rate environment

Private Equity Wire

Subscription line financing borrows against capital commitments from investors, while borrowing against portfolio assets and cash flow management facilities are secured against fund assets. The most commonly used forms of leverage are subscription line financing, borrowing against portfolio assets and cash flow management facilities.

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The Five Advisors You Meet in the Deadpool

This is going to be BIG.

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. Having them associated with your business is cool, and might get you into a pitch meeting, but if their actual relationship to you is vaporware, it's just going to set others up for a disappointment in the due diligence process.

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Reading what was written and the VC age question

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Instead of just e-mailing people and dealing with them directly, as we do in person, we're a blog post away from a flamewar. I've been in venture capital (with the exception of a year in product management and two years as an entrepreneur) since 2001, when I started doing late stage venture and fund investing at a big financial institution.

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Underrepresented Founders and The Discouraging Pass

This is going to be BIG.

If you’re a white professional in venture, you might feel uncomfortable tweeting or blogging about race. If that's not in the cards for your business, that still could make it a great business, but then the kind of capital I'm offering probably isn't a match for what you're looking for from a risk/return standpoint."

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How to approach and make an introduction to a VC

This is going to be BIG.

No matter how much I or any of the team here at First Round made themselves accessable through Office Hours, LinkedIn, Twitter, speaking, blogging, etc., Then I realized that it's probably not obvious what the dynamics are around how VCs tend to get introduced to companies and what works best for people, so I figured I'd blog about it.

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How does this financial advisor charge 60-80% lower fees without going BROKE?

Sara Grillo

Today I have Paul Barry, CEO of Middle Street Capital. For those of you new to my blog, my name is Sara G. I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS. Please conduct your own due diligence and come to your own decision. How does he run his practice without going broke?