Looking 4 entrepreneurial software engineer/product mgr/biz-dev killer 4 a network-based service.. pre-launch, BIG equity, big peeps involved–ANY TIPS?? If the answer is yes to any of these, keep reading. Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a tool to execute initiatives which require coordination with outside stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a...
[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]4 Ways to Make America Functional Again
Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator, wrote in a thoughtful essay: “The defining quality of an ideologue, whether on the left or the right, is to acquire one’s opinions in bulk. You don’t get to pick and choose. Your opinions about taxation can be predicted from your opinions about same-sex marriage.…Accidental moderates, on the other...
[Continue Reading]Simplectica Long/Short Hedge Fund Tech Stack
We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Jordan Thaeler, Cofounder, Simplectica. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm. Simplectica is a long/short systematic fund based on proprietary mathematics in the area of Brownian...
[Continue Reading]Bain Capital->Leveraging a private equity/VC firm’s proprietary relationship network
Hunt Club recently became a sponsor of my websites. Hunt Club enables you to recruit vetted talent, faster. We leverage our proprietary referral network of 25k business leaders to source talent proven to perform better and stay longer at companies. Clients include Bain Capital, Tiger Global, WestCap, and FJ Labs. Darren Herman, an Operating Partner...
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