This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
People often ask me for advice on fundraising, generating deal flow, hiring, increasing visibility , triathlons, babies, etc.--a As the person giving the advice, doing a half-assed job of getting someone all the information they need is pretty unsatisfying—so that becomes a barrier to wanting to do it at all.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Michael answered questions from network members requesting advice for their entrepreneurial endeavors. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? Angel investors or venture capitalists will require that entrepreneurs sell shares (equity) of their companies for investment.
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This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. No, but we should be telling everyone that an equity investment is an investment in the future—and we should remind them that probably this company isn’t going to work out, so reminding people what could happen if it does work out is a good fundraising strategy.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2014
Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. So far from not taking advice from other people – I want more advice, more data points, more opinions.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
JULY 27, 2021
Does it require investment? Some advice to start with would include: Answer these questions: What is your mission? The post Create community: Advice on branding from YLAI Fellow Luisfer Pelayo appeared first on Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative. In my experience, generating a community implies giving something extra.
Revolution
MARCH 1, 2023
for every dollar invested (net of fees and carried interest). While it is difficult to accurately predict how many VC dollars deployed each year were deployed by top quartile funds and how many of those investments were “marked up” in a given year, we can still safely assume that the total value of potential markups at risk is material.
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