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Leading a Board of Directors

Great Leadership By Dan

Keenly aware that while your title makes you manager, only your team makes you leader. They may be easier to manage, but a lot less effective. Lead investors, the investors who price a round and set the terms, can help manage the syndicate of shareholders. Copyright © 2018 Randy Komisar, All rights reserved.

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Do You Recognize the Patterns that Lead to Success?

Marshall Goldsmith

My friend Dan Levitan, venture capitalist and managing partner of Maveron does. Venture capital is pretty simple to explain. Venture capitalists raise money from institutions and individuals to create a pool of money. Thank you for this great 101 view of what a venture capitalist does!

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VCs See Gold Rush in the HR Tech Scene

HR Digest

HR tech firms are flourishing as venture capitalists’ love affair with standard-setters in HR SaaS offering continue to grow. According to HRWins by LaRocque LLC, venture capitalists invested $1.741 billion in HR tech companies during the first quarter of 2019 and $1.448 billion in the second quarter.

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How to Make Sure You Leave on a High Note!

Marshall Goldsmith

Recently, I interviewed my friend Dan Levitan, venture capitalist and managing partner of Maveron. Marshall: One of the really important things I’ve learned from you, Dan, that is critical in venture capital, is the concept of “exit strategy”. Dan: Exactly! Marshall: You’ve got to sell it!

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How to Put Yourself in a Position to Win!

Marshall Goldsmith

One of my coaching clients is Dan Levitan, managing partner of the venture capital firm Maveron. Marshall: One thing that I love about what you are do as a venture capitalist is you grapple with the fact that most investments fail. In 2018, Marshall plans to select an additional 100 Aspiring Coaches.

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The most common financial mistakes graduate entrepreneurs make

Strategy Driven

With a well-developed business plan, entrepreneurs are also much more likely to attract angel investors or secure funding from venture capitalists. David Cummings (@davidcummings) 5 July 2018. — David Cummings (@davidcummings) July 5, 2018. A business plan sets out the financial and operational objectives.

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How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing

Harvard Business Review

Urbanization (the concentration of startups and venture capital investment in cities — predominantly large, globally connected ones), and a Winner-Take-All Pattern (with the leading cities pulling away from the rest). By all accounts, 2018 will be even bigger. The second shift is the accelerating Globalization of venture deals.