This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 10, 2012
I'm all for helping people out, but they don't understand is that they're competing with the startup that is already at the center of their industry for that next investor dollar. I'm not a publisher, so I have to rely on my network to do due diligence. They're looking for help with core competencies they should already have.
FinSMEs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Whenever people talk about finding funding for a startup, the recommendations are usually impractical for early-stage operations. Venture capitalists, for instance, tend to avoid funding prototypes or early-stage startups. When VCs invest in a startup, they like to do their due diligence and monitor it carefully.
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This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
Personally, I learned an important lesson when I was raising the seed round for my startup, but I didn''t learn it until we folded almost two years later. Running a startup is going to be difficult. Tough questions are a godsend. Something isn''t going to go your way--product development, hiring, revenues.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Try to guess who my first due diligence call is for your company and get to them first before I bastardize your pitch to them. I'm sorry is this a startup or are you a Scientologist? Are you blogging really insightful takes on your industry? Submitting content to publications I read? Getting quoted? Other tips? Disagreements?
Private Equity Insights
AUGUST 31, 2023
Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up The take-private deal received some pushback, including a lawsuit , from concerned investors who felt the price was too low, questioned the amount of due diligence that was done and who would have preferred to retain their investments.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 11, 2015
E-mail is networking, deal work, due diligence. In case you're curious what the deal funnel means for my time, I did that, too: Seeing an opportunity could mean an e-mail, a calendar request, a pitch at a demo day, a news item, a LinkedIn position change--really anything that makes me conscious that a new startup might exist.
Private Equity Wire
DECEMBER 14, 2023
With a diverse ecosystem of 8,000+ founders, and 950+ portfolio companies spanning 30 industries, we markedly impact the startup landscape. Our due diligence process, surpassing industry norms, mitigates bias, and notably, 30% of our portfolio has at least one woman co-founder.
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