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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. has made an investment in New York-based Diligent , a developer of enterprise governance management software. Insight Ventures acquired Diligent in February of 2016. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence. Sweat equity. Equity crowdfunding. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/04/2016. Acquihire” a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Investors all know that the startup road is long and hard, so they look for people who have put and will continue to put “skin in the game” -- time, sweat equity, and money. Focus on prior results, not titles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation. Internal legal reviews and required new processes were slow to finalize. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/24/2016. Required pivots and budged changes are painfully slow and over-analyzed.

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