Cobalt

JULY 19, 2023

Here’s a sampling of the best practices we’ve learned along the way: Define the business objectives of implementation. As a provider of investment portfolio management software, Cobalt has helped PE and VC teams of every size prepare for and executive successful software implementations. How will workflows improve?

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Best Practices Venture Capital 52

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APRIL 18, 2014

The number of tools available to sales groups has skyrocketed--so keeping up with best practices seems more of a challenge than over. On Monday, I''ve got a best practices event going with top sales folks from H.Bloom, Offerpop and JW Player and it''s something I''d love to discuss with the sales professionals in attendance.

Best Practices 125

Best Practices Venture Capital Startups Leveraging 125

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

It''s important for a founder to publicly project a set of values, believes, share knowledge and best practices and be seen as a leader not just at the company, but in their market. Venture Capital & Technology' Any founder not working on their own brand is doing their company a disservice. Investors want to back leaders.

Companies 126

Companies Venture Capital Best Practices Financing 126

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JULY 21, 2014

Marketing problems, for the most part, are solvable by a very distinct set of best practices. Venture Capital & Technology' If people engage regularly with your product, but you can''t get more people to use it, you''ve got a marketing problem. It''s a basic part of running a business, so don''t skip it entirely either.

Startups 156

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Stakes 156

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JULY 16, 2014

I''m learning everyday and I count on founders to be the ones that bring the best insight into the problems they face in their industry. If I can provide helpful context about some of the seed stage startup best practices, great, but they know their company best. Venture Capital & Technology'

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Best Practices Startups Capital 162

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I've had the privilege of working not only for investors like Josh Kopelman and Fred Wilson, but for an institutional LP that had been invested in venture capital since 1980. 3) Build a peer network and get in the flow of best practices. Get coffee with someone who has been doing your job for years every week.

Startups 135

Startups Best Practices Venture Capital Capital 135

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APRIL 23, 2012

When people tell you how and why they raised capital or what drove their app to success, they often attribute success to planning or neat little explainable reasons when they might simply have no clue what happened. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball. Most startups fail.

Startups 166

Startups Best Practices Venture Capital Capital 166

JMI Equity

MAY 16, 2023

Recent research shows that an estimated 61 percent of SMBs lack in-house cybersecurity expertise, and Huntress addresses that gap with easy-to-configure and deploy solutions that defend on day one, backed by a team of 24/7 threat operators that deliver best-in-class response and analytic capabilities.

Funds 40

Funds Venture Capital Enterprise Values Best Practices 40

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MARCH 29, 2010

What if you weren’t just a platform for distribution of deals, but a kind of local virtual chamber of commerce or small business organization—with some social networking features so that retailers could get together to share best practices, work with each other, cross-sell, etc.

Best Practices 105

Best Practices Deal Origination Venture Capital Capital 105

Pension Pulse

JUNE 14, 2023

The pension says the new structure will help it share information, co-sourcing, and best practices across its global platform. This is a great interview where Jo talks about his upbringing, education and discusses his time with 3i which educated him in Venture capital and growth investing.

Assets 52

Assets Best Practices Portfolios Education 52

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APRIL 11, 2010

People ask me all the time how to get a job in venture capital or at a startup, and the one thing that I can point to that has enabled me to get the jobs I’ve gotten has been my contributions to the innovation community. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Don’t just attend your own stuff. -

Startups 68

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Capital 68

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

He was interested in venture capital and was a year away from graduation. I realized that a position at Union Square Ventures was going to be open in a year and that he had a terrific chance of getting it. I'll talk more about this at my upcoming General Assembly talk , but here's the outline.

Startups 146

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Consultants 146

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MARCH 13, 2010

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Venture Capital 128

Venture Capital Startups Best Practices Financing 128

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Running the e-mail marketing Meetup group wouldn’t be a bad thing either—because then I know that you’re tapped in to the flow of best practices and that you could even perhaps bring your network to bear when we need to expand the team under you. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

Startups 158

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Capital 158

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MAY 14, 2012

They carry with them information about patterns of success, pitfalls, best practices and trends to look for. Plus, that organization and the individual meetup organizers tend to find synergies around space usage, teaching best practices and crosspollination of speakers and ideas.

Startups 145

Startups Best Practices Stakes Capital 145

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JANUARY 12, 2011

By recording the calls from your best sales professionals, and allowing you to share them across your team, you can immediately create an environment that focuses on best practices. The real excitement over Salescrunch, though, is how the platform can help you make your sales team perform better.

Best Practices 108

Best Practices Pension Funds Startups Investing 108

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2023

This aligns the real estate investment approach to that of other asset groups, where investment capabilities are embedded within Ontario Teachers’ to enable information sharing, co-sourcing, and best practices across geographies.

Pension Funds 52

Pension Funds Assets Liabilities Stakes 52

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Let the junior person work with them to set their priorities for the week, come back to them to check their work, be available for advice--and the net result will be that you'll get a lot of hustle, cheaply, but in the right direction and using the best practices of a career of experience.

Startups 125

Startups Leveraging Best Practices Accounting 125

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The idea of working together in communities to share best practices around creation has inspired companies that get people doing stuff like Makerbot and Windowfarms. Need to find a collaborator? Go to Collabfinder , of course--where instead of following people, you do things with them.

Best Practices 149

Best Practices Startups Funds Companies 149

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Use CrunchConnect to record the sales calls and business development of your whole team, so that you can highlight best practices and spot trouble areas. Reporters are always connected, so they might have more time to check out what you're doing now.

Startups 121

Startups Best Practices Capital Companies 121

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

They are stakeholders in the ecosystem who want to spread the word about best practices, potential areas of interest, and about the successes of their portfolio companies. That's because investors who are fully engaged in the business of investing in startups on a fulltime bases are information brokers.

Best Practices 100

Best Practices Startups Education Stakes 100

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

That kind of atmosphere has real cost benefit and will undoubtedly provide a better service experience—particular because low turnover helps knowledge of best practices stay within the organization.

Startups 108

Startups Best Practices Returns Companies 108

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APRIL 11, 2011

A great business partnership website could do a lot to drive high quality leads to the professionals you've put in charge of finding the best teams to work with. Would it kill anyone to write a business development blog that details the best practices for successful partnerships?

Best Practices 111

Best Practices Bidding Startups Capital 111

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

They suggest changes and discuss best practices. To successfully build an open source project--or any project for that matter--you need the best tools. Github provides a great lesson from the world of open source and a great model for Docracy.

Companies 144

Companies Legal Best Practices Startups 144

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

The more mental defenses and best practices you built up, the easier it will be to survive the journey over the long haul. This happens a ton in the venture capital world where bigger always seems better--but maybe it''s not. Venture Capital & Technology' That includes mentally. When does it stop?

Venture Capital 158

Venture Capital Best Practices Startups Capital 158

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Venture capital is basically the complete opposite. You have the preparation and the best practices. While not everyone who can throw 98MPH can strike out major league hitters whenever they want, it sure does seem to help to learn how to throw that fast if you plan on doing that for a living at the highest level.

Startups 97

Startups Best Practices Deal Flow Venture Capital 97

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And while I think we've done a great job on capital allocation, and we'll continue to use most of it on the buyback program, I don't rule out like could some of that be used to increase the value and increase the performance of the company faster. I know exactly what it's like to sell. I know what it's like to deliver.

Resale 130

Resale Banks Capital Assets 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

To that end, earlier this morning, we announced that our board of directors has authorized our recently formed WEX Venture Capital team to invest up to $100 million through the end of 2025. Tien-Tsin Huang -- JPMorgan Chase and Company -- Analyst It's a good outcome for sure.

Banks 100

Banks Accounting Leveraging Venture Capital 100

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JANUARY 24, 2011

They'll usually speak for free if it means helping out their local developer community with best practices. If you already have an iPhone developer on staff, they can lead the discussion. If you don't, go find the top developers in your local area.

Startups 128

Startups Best Practices Prospects Funds 128