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Archive for May, 2010

Our new Harvard Business Review article: Time for Investors to Get Social

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

I'm excited to report that we've started to release the results from our first-ever study on best practices in private equity and venture capital deal origination.  My coauthor Chris Farmer (formerly Vice President, Bessemer Venture Partners) and I published a summary in the current issue of Harvard Business Review. 
 
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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Grow the Value of Portfolio Companies

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

One of the major themes of the evolution of the private equity industry for the past decade has been the growth of internal groups focused on enhancing the value of portfolio companies. Twenty years ago, the great majority of the people working in private equity came out of investment banking, i.e., a deal background. Today, Read More...