17 ordspråk av Mark Heesen
Mark Heesen
A venture capitalist would rather work with three large institutional investors who give him $50 million rather than 10 individuals who give him $5 million each.
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Are we concerned about a growing frothiness here? The answer is absolutely not, ... There is simply not enough money coming into the asset class to support the kind of exuberance we saw in the late 1990s, and that's a good thing.
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At the end of the day, most VCs would tell you that you'd get a bigger bang for your buck out of an IPO than an acquisition but the public markets are not as ebullient as they could be so we probably will see more acquisitions,
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At the end of the day, most VCs would tell you that you'd get a bigger bang for your buck out of an IPO than an acquisition but the public markets are not as ebullient as they could be so we probably will see more acquisitions.
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Bob Grady has a personal passion that will serve our members well as we broaden our public policy focus. Further, our new board members bring to the association additional energy and enthusiasm for the industry's largest challenges and we are looking forward to another productive year.
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But you also have to be very cognizant and look at why that fund didn't do well, ... It's one thing if it was the economy that helped bring that fund down. But if it was reasons internal to the firm, that's different.
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It's a never-ending battle as to whether to keep it within the corporation. There's pros and cons on both sides.
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It's not like a venture capitalist is going to see a payback immediately or even in the next couple years.
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Otherwise, we could begin to see the impact in performance across the board.
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The biggest issue facing those who want to go out on their own is the ability to raise a fund without the name of the company you left behind.
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There are a lot of obstacles that stand in the way of creating a new way of creating energy.
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These individuals are thinking about the same issues but their perspectives and priorities often differ.
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They actually want these guys for more than their money.
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Wall Street is giving companies breathing room.
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We are turning away money at this point,
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