I asked Liz Lindsey, Executive Director of New York Angels, and Jon Zaikowski, Assistant Director, to share some details on New York Angels’ tech stack and use of analytics. HBS Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) and New York Angels are the two biggest angel groups on the East Coast, to my knowledge. This...
[Continue Reading]New series: profiling the tech stacks of investment managers
We’ve launched a new series in which we profile the tech stacks (“technographics”) of investment managers and other financial services firms. The benefits to institutional investors of participating: Benchmark against your peers: learn from other comparable financial institutions’ decisions about use of technology. Show transparency to your clients. Learn about innovative tech companies which may help address...
[Continue Reading]Alternative Data 101 for Students and Professors
I recently met with a friend who’s an economics professor, who agreed with me that one of the best ways for rising academics to make a mark is to acquire and mine new data sets. I prepared for him a summary of resources to help students source and understand new, alternative data sets. If you’re...
[Continue Reading]The 7 options for family offices to invest in technology companies
An ever-growing number of family offices want to invest into private tech companies. They’re usually motivated by a combination of financial returns, a search for strategic benefits with their core operating business, and passion about tech. But how should they go about it?...
[Continue Reading]How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting
The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time “scout”, getting paid for sourcing investments, as well as for other work of value to the fund. But how do you do that? This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working...
[Continue Reading]The Investment Manager of the Future
What does an investment management firm look like, if you redesign it based on first principles and based on the true “jobs to be done” of an investment manager? That’s what we’re working on building at our firm. We outline below the five characteristics that will differentiate the winning investment management firm of the future:...
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