This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2019

The Fantasy Cash Flow Model When I was an analyst at the General Motors pension fund, investing in VC funds, I had to build a model of how I thought they would perform. It started out with initial investment size, pricing, and outcome behavior for each deal and then it made a prediction around the distribution of outcomes.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

Box had just 50 employees and was hitting an inflection point when I joined in 2009, so there was far more work to do than people to do it. HW: You recently launched Coalition Operators, a venture firm + operator/advisor network to really help startups with more than just capital. What type of opportunities are you most interested in?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). Short answer: no.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

Both angel group portfolios offer statistically significant sample sizes, and three previous large studies by Professor Rob Wiltbank also showed IRR’s in a similar range: 27% ( 2007 study ), 22% ( 2009 study ) and 22% ( 2016 study ).

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Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2011

This conclusion was validated by many others including the Kauffman Foundation, which at the Obama Jobs Summit 2009 showed that virtually all net new jobs (~3 million per year) in the US are created by companies less than five years old. But, we have now found that new company formation is necessary but not sufficient at creating new jobs.

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