I’m giving a talk next month on “How Private Equity Funds Raise Capital and Source Deals with Social Media” at Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference in Miami. I discuss this topic in more depth [...continue reading]
Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?
2013/05/01 by
This is part one of a two-part series on domain names and startups; part 2 will be “Build Your Startup on Premium Real Estate: a Vacant or Undermonetized Domain Name”. It is no coincidence that companies with the best domain names often [...continue reading]
Ionic Security Raises $9.4m from Kleiner Perkins, Tech Operators, ff Venture Capital
2013/04/22 by
I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 million in Series A1 funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, with TechOperators, Ken Levine, and Dr. [...continue reading]
Parkour and Entrepreneurs
2013/04/12 by
Parkour is to entrepreneurs as golf is to (some) corporate executives. (Previously posted at Forbes.) In the past few years, I’ve taught myself some of the basics of parkour, which is effectively skateboarding without the skateboard. The [...continue reading]
Helping startups hit a home run, VC Style
2013/04/08 by
Lots of venture capitalists claim to add value to the companies in which they invest. But how do they do it? And does it really produce better returns for their investors? My coauthors and I just published in the Journal of [...continue reading]
Should Your Startup Pivot, Persevere, or Plank?
2013/04/05 by
(I originally published this in Forbes.) It’s a cliché of the startup world that successful entrepreneurs persevere even when everyone else thinks their idea is doomed (see: Pandora). It’s a cliché of the startup world that successful [...continue reading]
3 Ways Proven Executives Get Paid To Work With Startups
2013/03/11 by
Drew Hansen recently posted in Forbes a summary of my presentation on Career Opportunities with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. The article is here. [...continue reading]
Webinar: Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices
2013/03/08 by
I'm leading a webinar for HBS Alumni Angels on "Angel Investing 101 - Best Practices". Click here to register . I'd welcome your feedback on my draft presentation, below: Date: March 22nd, 2013 Time: 12:00 Noon Eastern Time (9:00 am [...continue reading]
