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Philanthropic Giving vs. Venture Capital

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices, Venture Capital | 3 Comments »

In my last post, I discussed strategy for charitable giving and promised to add some thoughts on how you can be very strategic about it. Philanthropic giving is much like venture ... Read more..

Time, Treasure and Talent

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices, Venture Capital | 6 Comments »

All of us at Tech Capital are very involved in supporting charitable activities in our community. As a result, I am often asked for advice by those who are trying ... Read more..

Six tips for smooth acquisitions

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | No Comments »

In my last post I discussed exits and ended by stating we tell our companies: “build the company on the assumption it will go public but recognize that a strategic ... Read more..

Exits

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 1 Comment »

Fred Wilson recently wrote a series of posts detailing the economics of a Venture Capital Fund (Economics, Gross and Net Returns, When One Deal Returns The Fund, Allocating Follow-On Capital). ... Read more..

Venture Funding

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 1 Comment »

In a previous post I discussed why most businesses we see should probably be bootstrapped rather than venture funded. I promised to discuss a bit more about venture backed business ... Read more..

“I’m a marketing major” – what school granted this degree?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Best Practices | 1 Comment »

I write a "gadget" column for a newspaper and a magazine in Waterloo region (www.gadgetcolumn.ca). Like most product reviewers I will contact marketing departments to ask for product information and ... Read more..

Bootstrapping

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 5 Comments »

One of the biggest issues we have to deal with as venture capitalists is saying "no" to a lot of people. At Tech Capital Partners we fund about 1% of ... Read more..