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The VCIC® is the nation’s premiere strategy competition for venture-minded and entrepreneurial MBA students. This one-of-a-kind competition gives students from top business schools a real-world venture capitalist experience – student teams interact with real entrepreneurs from real companies with real business plans. Unlike other competitions where teams lock themselves away to mull over theoretical or historical scenarios, the VCIC® experience exposes students to a variety … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School | Subjects: MBA Related, Venture Capital

“Yesterday, I received an interview request for an Inc. Magazine article concerning angel investing. The article is being driven by a recent survey by George Washington University that found 58% of venture capitalist respondents said that angel involvement ‘sometimes’ or ‘mostly’ makes a company unattractive.

…During the interview, I was asked three specific questions. The questions and my answers follow”

Content: Article | Author: Brad Feld | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

VC Brad Feld answers the following question:

“At my company, we’re looking at recapitalizing from 3.5 million shares to 35 million (and contemplating 350 million). The reason is pretty straightforward (although we might be way off base here): we want to create “more shares” so that as we roll out our stock option plan there is some enhanced psychological value in “getting more shares,” for … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Brad Feld | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

According to Robert J. Robinson and Mark van Osnabrugge, so-called business angels–those generally unheralded private investors who usually specialize in high-growth fields and often involve themselves directly in the endeavors they fund–now provide 30 to 40 times more financing each year than their more famous counterparts, venture capitalists. In Angel Investing, Robinson and Van Osnabrugge use personal interviews, anecdotal evidence, and more than 300 research … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Mark Van Osnabrugge, Robert J. Robinson | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

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Ground-breaking research from Cranfield School of Management has revealed that cognitive psychology can help explain financial performance in entrepreneurial businesses. The findings support the established view that risk-takers are likely to achieve the highest sales growth. The real news, however, is that they also demonstrate that owner-managers’ over-confidence in their own ability or judgment correlates with poor profit performance in their businesses. Conversely, owner-managers who … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: David Molian | Source: BetterManagement.com | Subject: Entrepreneurship

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Using a unique dataset of private equity funds over the last two decades, this paper analyzes the cash flow, return, and risk characteristics of private equity. Unlike previous studies, we have detailed cash flow data for each fund, rather than aggregate or accounting returns. We also know the exact timing of investments and capital returns to investors and the number and types … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Alexander Ljungqvist, Matthew Richardson | Source: NYU Stern School of Business | Subjects: Finance, Venture Capital

A series of blog posts by Brad Feld (a VC) explaining various aspects of term sheets to entrepreneurs.

Content: Online Resource | Author: Brad Feld | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Informative blog entry on how many VC firms calculate estimated IRR during due diligence to decide whether to make an investment or not.

Content: Article | Author: Jim Lejeal | Source: Concrete Covina | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

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VC Experts serves the needs of the private equity and venture capital communities with its anchor product, The Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital by combining substantive commentary on the private equity and venture capital industries with online learning courses. The VCExperts.com site includes current industry news, weekly commentary, and the online University and 4,000 page Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital.

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Content: Online Resource | Source: Rare Ideas LLC | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

There is a new and growing challenge to the closeted culture of venture capital. Recent court rulings have forced public institutions that invest in venture capital funds to disclose information about the funds through the Freedom of Information Act. Public investors, such as state pension funds, need to turn over the information, while private groups such as family endowments do not.

Content: Article | Author: Shannon Henry | Source: The Washington Post | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital

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VC Brad Feld offers a set of simple rules for board member compensation in young private companies.

Content: Article | Author: Brad Feld | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subject: Entrepreneurship

When you outgrow smaller rivals and must compete with big corporations for the first time, you’re entering a tricky stage of growth called No Man’s Land.

Content: Article | Author: Daniel McGinn | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Four venture capitalists explain to Harvard Business School professor Mike Roberts and senior research associate Lauren Barley how they evaluate potential investments.

The four:
– Russell Siegelman (Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
– Sonja L. Hoel (Managing Director, Menlo Ventures)
– Fred Wang (General Partner, Trinity Ventures)
– Robert Simon (Director, Alta Partners)

Content: Article | Authors: Lauren Barley, Mike Roberts | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Journalist Bornstein (The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank) profiles nine indomitable champions of social change who developed innovative ways to address needs they saw around them in places as distinct as Bombay, India; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and inner-city Washington, D.C. As these nine grew influential when their ingenious ideas proved ever more widely successful, they came to the attention … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: David Bornstein | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Very early on, the founders of startups make an important choice. Do they want success or control? Neither is bad so long as the choice is explicit. I’ve picked success. And success implies giving up control — hiring people who are much better than you, or being willing to be the janitor if that’s what’s required.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Great resources about funding your entrepreneurial venture including the following PDF downloads:
– Ernst & Young Outline for a Business Plan – A Proven Approach for Entrepreneurs Only
– Venture Capital — An Overview of the Basic Issues and Challenges for Entrepreneurs
– Anatomy of a Term Sheet
– An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Private Capital

Also be sure … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: Morino Institute, Netpreneur | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Contains a wealth of information about business mistakes and is invaluable to anyone that dreams of building a successful business.

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Content: Book | Author: Carol Frank | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Miscellaneous