138 Posts found for Source: Red Herring

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Article takes a look at the underlying problems with today’s investment banks’ research analysts.

Content: Article | Author: Lisa Meyer | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Investment Banking

It’s a battle that will never end. Entrepreneurs complain that venture capitalists are ripping them off when they do follow-on rounds at reduced valuations. VCs say they’re doing the entrepreneurs a favor just by doing the round, because the alternative is for the startup to go belly-up. You’ve heard a lot from VCs in this column explaining how they make sure that the management of … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Dan M. Mahoney | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Alan Warms, founder and CEO of Participate.com offers the following rules of the VC game for would-be entrepreneurs:
– GET BRANDED
– THINK LONG TERM
– BE PREPARED
– USE YOUR VC
– TRUST YOUR VC
– BE AN ANTIBIOTIC
– KEEP IT SIMPLE

Content: Article | Author: Lawrence Aragon | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

From late 1998 through the summer of 2000, Wall Street was an out-of-control beast, and IPOs were its sustenance. The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating a host of questionable issues, including whether investment banks unfairly allotted pre-IPO shares in return for a variety of kickbacks. It is the practice of tie-ins, more than anything else, that has attracted most of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investment Banking

This installment of the regular VC P.S. series looks at the downsides of corporations doing in-house venture capital VC funds. Issues discussed include: lawsuits, brain drain, infighting, distraction, and giving up.

Editor’s Note: find part 2 at
Content: Article | Authors: Harry Edelson, Lawrence Aragon | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Venture Capital

Spring so far has been full of surprises, not the least of which is the SEC’s relief for private companies with at least 500 option holders that, under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, might have had to fulfill public company disclosure requirements, such as 10-Qs and 10-Ks. It could be extremely harmful for a private company to have to expose its … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Stephen Lacey | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Legal

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comb through the archives of Red Herring’s VC P.S. column to find a large number of VCs profiled and interviewed (usually in two parts)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

Bill Reichert offers a top ten list of myths and realities that are guaranteed to raise someone’s ire.

(find part II at Content: Article | Authors: Bill Reichert, Lawrence Aragon | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Venture Capital

Venture capitalist Mike Frank gives his “Ten Commandments of Fundraising” in an attempt to provide a primer for inexperienced entrepreneurs, and a helpful recap for seasoned entrepreneurs who want to go over the basics of the VC game.
1. Thou shalt focus, focus, focus thy plan.
2. Thou shalt weave a story.
3. Thou shalt understand thy audience.
4. Thou … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Lawrence Aragon, Mike Frank | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

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Article examines stockholder rights plans, also called poison pills.

Content: Article | Author: J.P. Vicente | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Corporate Governance

One of the most popular ways to gauge a company’s health is to mind what corporate insiders are doing. If they’re jumping ship or dumping shares, there’s good reason to worry. But it’s not as easy to track insider bearishness as you might think, thanks to a hedging tactic called the zero-cost collar, a tool that’s saved insiders a boatload of cash while individual investors … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Eric Moskowitz | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investment Banking

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Famous Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner and serial entrepreneur

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

This new service from the online technology magazine _Red Herring_ is a database of start-up companies. The database is browseable by company name, name of a person, industry, or funding stage, as well as being keyword-searchable. Information on each company in Herringtown is presented in several layers. The first offers general information such as company contact information, year founded, and number of employees. The second … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs often say they’re looking for smart money. So it should come as no surprise that more of them are shunning old-school venture capitalists in favor of savvy tech veterans who have started their own investment funds…

Content: Article | Author: Matthew A. DeBellis | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital