We’re in the last lap of editing our research study on best practices of private equity and venture capital investors in originating new investments, which has a particular focus on use of social media. We plan to publish this in a major private equity journal. If you would like to review a copy of the...
[Continue Reading]Goodbye Expert Networks, Hello Private Equity: Coverage from Integrity Research
Integrity Research wrote a nice blog post about the new startup I’m working on: "As more research providers emerge to analyze the public markets (there are now over 3,500 research providers in our database), one gap in the market are research providers for the private markets. David Teten, founder of the expert network Evalueserve Circle...
[Continue Reading]Our new Harvard Business Review article: Time for Investors to Get Social
I’m excited to report that we’ve started to release the results from our first-ever study on best practices in private equity and venture capital deal origination. My coauthor Chris Farmer (formerly Vice President, Bessemer Venture Partners) and I published a summary in the current issue of Harvard Business Review. Evalueserve, a global research firm and...
[Continue Reading]Launch of Track.com, a market for independent Wall Street research
Four days ago, a team of Wall Street veterans launched Track.com, a new marketplace for independent research providers. I met with the management team today. Track.com offers independent research providers a platform to distribute their intellectual property. Buyers pay subscriptions for access to the pool of content. Similar to Value Investors Club, the general public...
[Continue Reading]Free Webinar on Due Diligence Best Practices — 1-800 Flowers, Sullivan Cromwell — August 6
Please join me next Thursday, August 6 for the second in The Deal‘s complimentary 3-part series on Corporate Development: "Due Diligence Best Practices". The Deal’s Ken Klee moderates. My fellow panelists are Frank Aquila, a leading partner in Sullivan & Cromwell‘s M&A Group, and David Siegel, SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development at 1-800 Flowers....
[Continue Reading]Hedge fund investment patterns/quarterly reports/investment ideas/careers
Yaser Anwar, an unusually aggressive and career-savvy senior at York University, has a mailing list with interesting information about the current status of the markets, with a focus on hedge fund investing. He sends out content about twice a month. If you want to sign up for it, contact him at yaser(at)yaseranwar.com . Despite his...
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