We recently hosted an idea dinner on "Disruptive Companies in the Asset Management Industry". The most attractive industries to disrupt are highly profitable ones, and asset management is traditionally a highly profitable industry. IMHO, the most successful disrupters in this area to date have [...continue reading]
> Investing > Private EquityUpdate on our study on deal sourcing
It's been very exciting to see such a strong response to our recent research study on "Best Practices in Private Equity and Venture Capital Deal Origination", published in the Winter 2010 Journal of Private Equity. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic study on this topic; we have not [...continue reading]
May 26- Capital Roundtable Deal Sourcing Conference
The Capital Roundtable is holding a MasterClass May 26 on "Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity Funds", and I'm honored to be one of the speakers. The conference is being chaired by Bob Fitzsimmons, of High Road Capital Partners. It's in [...continue reading]
Next Gen Startup Financing Marketplaces
I enjoyed attending Tuesday's panel, "Innovative Marketplaces Meetup: Next Gen Startup Financing Marketplaces" Speakers: David Rose, Founder and CEO, Angelsoft Jeremy Smith, Chief Strategy Officer, SecondMarket Rob Garcia, Dir. Product Strategy, Lending Club Slava Rubin, Co-Founder, [...continue reading]
Private equity portfolio monitoring and operating partners
Private Equity Manager magazine has a special edition on portfolio monitoring, with some helpful coverage of how private equity operating partners' roles have evolved. I was particularly interested in their coverage of PEOPEN, the private equity operating partner network. The group was first [...continue reading]
