…take a quick look through crunchbase.com, angellist.com or kickstarter.com. You’ll find thousands and thousands of really great products. It’s a huge pack of products. No human being can even read…
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…concept of “private equity funds.” He later founded Institutional Investors Consulting Company, an impact-driven consulting company and investment bank. In 2019, this consulting company was reformed as IICC with a…
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…founders (at least one of the two co-founders is female). I’m willing to bet this will grow quickly. I’m hoping ultimately to see 100% – that is, 100% of startups…
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…completeness of their entire set of materials. I don’t just mean documents. I mean documents, marketing, messaging, team composition, website and other communications, compliance for SEC and state law purposes,…
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