http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/#comment-45 Junior Professionals in VC at punctuative! Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:41:02 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/#comment-45 [...] (1) drumming up ”startup access” (aka. “deal flow,” but lest we forget, this business is about building companies, not doing deals), (2) evaluating and negotiating investment opportunities, (3) developing and maintaining subject matter expertise and an extensive contact network in your investment sectors, (4) guiding active portfolio companies, and (5) marketing and reporting to both current and prospective investors in the firm. [...] [...] (1) drumming up ”startup access” (aka. “deal flow,” but lest we forget, this business is about building companies, not doing deals), (2) evaluating and negotiating investment opportunities, (3) developing and maintaining subject matter expertise and an extensive contact network in your investment sectors, (4) guiding active portfolio companies, and (5) marketing and reporting to both current and prospective investors in the firm. [...]

]]> http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/#comment-39 Matt Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:02:23 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/#comment-39 Thanks, Chris. Love your work - I'm a sucker for metrics. Thanks, Chris. Love your work - I’m a sucker for metrics.

]]> http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/#comment-35 chris sivori Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:45:48 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2006/11/02/building-companies-rather-than-doing-deals/#comment-35 Matt, thanks for the link. Great blog. I'm going to add it to my feedlist. Matt, thanks for the link. Great blog. I’m going to add it to my feedlist.

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