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[Continue Reading]Template Structure for the Anchor Investor in Your New Private Equity/ VC Fund
Many emerging fund managers find that large anchor investors request economics in their general partnership or management company. To help guide that negotiation, here’s a template of an opening letter to a potential anchor investor, laying out all your deal structuring options. You may find helpful a piece from Techcrunch on Should you give an...
[Continue Reading]Family Office Masterclass: Who Will Disrupt Investment Management, and How?
Thanks to Family Office List for hosting me in a Masterclass today on “Who Will Disrupt Investment Management, and How?”. You can see the slides and video below. ...
[Continue Reading]Automated business development: AI-driven introduction services
I’m now researching automated personalized introduction services. These companies are like dating sites for businesspeople. They help identify the most relevant people whom you should meet, but haven’t yet. They ask both parties for an opt-in, and then make the intro.  Here’s a partial list of the vendors I’ve identified: Lunchclub – one of the...
[Continue Reading]For high school seniors: visit a very different America for a week, at no cost
I just won agreement from one of our children’s high schools to participate in the American Exchange Project. This program sends high school seniors on a week-long trip to an American community very different from their own, and helps them welcome other students into their hometown for the same incredible experience. And it’s all 100%...
[Continue Reading]Organizing a Fundraising Dinner: Template Best Practices
One of the most powerful ways to attract investors to your fund or company is to organize a carefully curated dinner for qualified potential investors. Here’s my quick template cheatsheet for making that happen: Invite [Firm] Investor Dinner Please join us at a curated salon dinner exclusively for existing and potential investors in [Fund] Where?...
[Continue Reading]Joined Bluesky Social
I just joined Bluesky Social, a very rapidly-growing social network: https://bsky.app/profile/teten.com . Social media has been around for a long time now. I wish Bluesky the best of luck on learning from its predecessors, and surmounting the fundamental challenges of the industry, including but not limited to spam, performative conflict, and oversimplification....
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