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Template Startup Financial Model

 
(This is the second of three blog posts on financial models for startups.  Yesterday I wrote about best practices in spreadsheet design.)
 
I couldn’t find a good template financial model online, so I decided to create one.
 
We started with a sanitized version of a financial model I had developed for startups I have run.  I gave Read More...

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On November 10th, 2011

On Expert Networks, Compliance, the Drunk and the Lamppost

 
Expert networks have been in the news a lot for the past few weeks, due to the SEC's attempt to look for insider trading amongst hedge funds, following on their Galleon investigation (Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon is in the photo shown).  The best source of information on this topic is as usual the Integrity Research Read More...

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On December 8th, 2010

Launch of Track.com, a market for independent Wall Street research

 
Four days ago, a team of Wall Street veterans launched Track.com, a new marketplace for independent research providers.  I met with the management team today. 
 
Track.com offers independent research providers a platform to distribute their intellectual property.  Buyers pay subscriptions for access to the pool of content. Similar to Value Investors Club, the general Read More...

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On January 28th, 2010

Hedge fund investment patterns/quarterly reports/investment ideas/careers

Yaser Anwar, an unusually aggressive and career-savvy senior at York University, has a mailing list with interesting information about the current status of the markets, with a focus on hedge fund investing. He sends out content about twice a month. If you want to sign up for it, contact him at yaser(at)yaseranwar.com .   Despite his Read More...

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On June 1st, 2009

Deal Sourcing by Corporate Development Groups

At last week's ACG Intergrowth conference, I attended a roundtable discussion on Deal Sourcing as part of the
Corporate Development track.  My notes follow.  To preserve confidentiality, I have labeled as "X:" the comments from all the participants.  We had about 30 people in the group, almost all of whom were heads of M&A at Read More...

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On May 21st, 2009
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