Coach Conference Email Invest 
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2018
Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. Email updates frequently. Each of your angels or seed investors may have 20-30 investments. Make your emails actionable. How much is too much?
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2019
All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. And Coach Campbell. That would mean 6 firms drive $24.5
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 25, 2016
All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership.
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