Raising Money – 15 Reasons Why You Fail
It is never easy raising money. There are clearly more options today than ever before but it’s still very tough. Are there tried and trusted techniques to turn investors on? Well over the years we’ve raised a lot of money for shareholders and made many mistakes...The Wall of Money & The Scaling Opportunity
Source youreconomy.com In 2012 the venture capital industry invested $26Bn in the US market, in 3698 firms at an average investment of $7m (NVCA). These were directed at start up companies. Approximately 40% of these firms will fail so it’s not an investment...How Private Equity Creates Remarkable Businesses
Let’s face it the Private Equity (PE) Industry has had an atrocious run of bad PR over the last few years. Of course some players have been rightly “called out” for excessive leverage, over generous fees, weak commercial judgement including some pretty huge losses...Buying Back Shares in a Private Company
There is an interesting development coming from Silicon Valley regarding allowing staff to cash out some of their options. The lack of visible IPOs, the need for cash, feeling of insecurity are possible drivers. However this is an age old problem for all private...VC Industry – lost the plot
So I’m looking at the latest VC investment numbers, 3 months to June 09 and I’m thinking the VC world has lost the plot! Let me share with you some very simple numbers. My arms will not leave my body at anytime during this presentation. 2009 figures (3...Operational Excellence For Exits
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