Most money managers think their main job is generating alpha, but they are wrong. We discuss the real “job to be done” of an investment manager. If you ever studied disruptive innovation formally, you know the pattern. In many industries, low-end disruptors take hold at the bottom of the market and then work up to...
[Continue Reading]The Macro Trends Forcing Change on the Investment Management Industry
Power in the investment management industry is shifting to Money Holders from Money Managers, driven by several major economic, social, and political trends. Collectively, these are an irresistible force meeting a moveable object: the traditional asset management industry structure. We highlight below five key trends impacting our industry: 1. As women and millennials become key allocators,...
[Continue Reading]Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption
“One summer day, probably in the 1870s, friends of a major short-seller got together on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, where they admired the enormous yachts of New York’s richest brokers. After gazing long and thoughtfully at the beautiful boats, the short seller asked wryly, ‘Where are the customers’ yachts?’” Jason Zweig, in his...
[Continue Reading]What is the Best CRM and Marketing Tech Platform for a New Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund?
One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital, was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms, both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing. I...
[Continue Reading]Exclusive webinar with ex-President of one of the largest family holding companies
DC Finance is one of the oldest and largest family office networks. They are hosting Greg Weyerhaeuser Piasecki, former President of one of America’s largest family holding companies, and one of my LPs, for a virtual interview with me, Tuesday, October 26, 11 am ET. RSVP for webinar (Accredited Investors only; recording available) This is...
[Continue Reading]Ripe For Disruption: The Asset Management Business
Joe Reilly, CEO of Circulus Group, family office expert, and a longtime contributor to Family Wealth Report, interviewed me to share views on disruption in asset management, my research into the field, and where the industry needs to be headed. Reilly: You’ve been co-leading a research project on innovation in the investment management industry, which...
[Continue Reading]Many people can’t see your website. Here’s how to fix it.
You’ve spent all that money and time building a perfect website, but can people actually see it? I periodically hear from friends at some large enterprises that they can’t see the sites we manage (VersatileVC.com, Teten.com, and PEVCtech.com), because their corporate firewalls block them. Given we don’t have any NSFW content, this is both surprising...
[Continue Reading]Consumer Behavior Post-COVID: What do the data say?
The HBS Club of NY just hosted a discussion Wednesday led by Drop Technologies‘ CEO, Derrick Fung, on “Consumer behavior post-COVID: What do the data say?” I’m an investor (via both HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital) in Drop. Check out the video. Derrick discusses what Drop has learned and what their data predicts about: ...
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