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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Board of Directors.

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How Venture Funding For Early-Stage Startups Will Change During the COVID-19 Crisis

Dream It

Martino outlined essentially two types of outcomes for this financial crisis from a historical perspective: “In 2001-2003, there was a depression in Silicon Valley. I think you’ll start seeing pushback on complete board control by the founding team,” stated Martino. “I I think this is the area that will fall first during this crisis.”

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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Ed Zimmerman: Founder Liquidity in Venture Deals

WSJ - The Accelerators

ED ZIMMERMAN : In 2003, I remember the general counsel of a prestigious venture fund shouting down the idea of “secondary” or “founder liquidity” (i.e. No surprises in the board room. Good governance also means founders need to let the board hash it out a bit without the founder present.

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Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

2003 / Great service really does win business. The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. To celebrate our anniversary, I’m sharing a few pivotal lessons I have learned during each of these wonderful years. I certainly did. Bonus lesson: Set your domain name to auto-renew!

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Is Groupthink Devouring Your Team’s Decision-Making Ability?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

One famous example was the campaign US launched against Iraq and Saddam Hussein in 2003. But the CEO’s poor decision to reduce its company board became the cause of Swissair’s collapse, losing the competent industry expertise that came with the board.