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Two Important Reports from the NVCA: VC Fundraising Declines 53% in Q3 2011...
Kelly Slone, director of the Medical Industry Group of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) posted an important article on October 7 on the NVCAccess blog, clearly calling out that the...
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Liquidity for Venture Backed Companies Still Comes Largely in One Flavor—Cash...
Denis Dougherty of Intersouth Partners was recently interviewed by Brian Gormley of The Wall Street Journal on the decade-long liquidity crisis that continues to plague the venture capital industry....
View ArticleThe SRS 2012 Merger and Acquisition Terms Study: Comments on Key Findings
My comments on the key findings from the Shareholder Representative Services 2012 M & A Deal Terms Study are in bold: Deal sizes: although the median deal size* rose slightly to $75 million in 2012...
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Introducing the Entrepreneur Essentials Video Series
I’ve written about board governance challenges for startups since 1999, publishing one book, a series of three white papers, and many articles and blog posts on this topic. Because I am both a venture...
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How to Sell High Quality Video Content to Your Fans Using Social Media:...
Digital content providers from traditional print media franchises to traditional television have finally figured out that giving away your valuable content on the Web will only accelerate your ability...
View ArticleNew Video: Key Startup Investing Risks for Friends, Family, and Angel Investors
Establishing a mutual understanding between investors and entrepreneurs as to what each expects from the other is essential to a harmonious beginning for a new venture. The future is likely to be...
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Pascal Levensohn in New York November 8: Speech at Museum of American Finance...
I first visited the Museum of American Finance a couple of years ago, and it is not only a great space,it is a useful resource for visitors interested in a wide range of current exhibits on current...
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What’s Wrong With This Picture? Precipitous Decline in US Share of Global...
David Weild and Ed Kim originally exposed and reported extensively on the long-term decline in U.S. equity capital market share of public listings relative to other emerging and developed global...
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Governance Models That Don’t Scale: The World According to Charles T. Munger...
Can you name five benign dictators who have ruled successfully for any meaningful period of time (non-fiction)? Can you name five successful, long serving CEO’s (excluding Warren Buffett) whose...
View ArticleUnintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry
Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch, Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. We’ve received numerous constructive comments, both privately and on social media, from...
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