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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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Marketing, Social Media

An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Most investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in the job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc.  However, being a “microinfluencer” is now also part of the job description.  In the future, everyone will be famous for...

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Social Media, AltsTech, Contributed Articles, Investment Tech Stack, Marketing, Origination, Public Equities, Venture Capital

Private Equity and Social Media

I’m giving a talk next month on “How Private Equity Funds Raise Capital and Source Deals with Social Media” at Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference in Miami.  I discuss this topic in more depth in an earlier article I wrote. Here’s my draft presentation: I argue that social media...

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AltsTech, Events, Fintech, Florida, Frontier Assets, Private Equity, Sales Tech, Social Media, Venture Capital

How Private Equity Funds Are and Should Be Using Social Media

  Can professional investors use social media?  Or, is social media strictly for teenagers and staying in touch with your friends? Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. Today, however, some are aggressively employing social media tools to discuss their strategies, deals in the pipeline, and even their political views...

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AltsTech, Contributed Articles, Fintech, HR tech, Marketing, Private Equity, Sales Tech, Social Media, Venture Capital

Online Dating is the Future of Your Business

I gave a talk today as part of TEDx Silicon Valley on “Online Dating is the Future of Your Business”. Here’s the video and an expanded version of the slide deck. In the talk I discuss how some of the successful online dating startups are models for new businesses, many of which in various ways...

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Dating and Marriage, Events, Social Media

CRM Systems and Private Equity Deal Sourcing

Preqin and LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions just released a report on “CRM Systems and Private Equity Deal Sourcing”, based on a survey of 63 private equity funds. They report that 84% of respondents claim to source over 20% of their opportunities through proprietary deal flow. Based on our research, I think that these respondents are taking...

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Fintech, HR tech, Market Research, Origination, Private Equity, Sales Tech, Social Media
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