Jumpstarting a Small Business: 6 Ways the SEC’s JOBS Act will affect your...
Are you an entrepreneur? Do you own a small business? Has it been difficult to find investors to grow your small business? If you answered yes to any of these questions then I can only hope that...
View ArticleLifting an 80 year old ban on public funding: Are the rewards worth the journey?
Lifting an 80 year old ban on public funding: Are the rewards worth the journey? In October of 2011, an unofficial IPO Task force led the way to the beginning of Jumpstart Our Business Startups...
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Private Equity fundraising rebounds in the 3Q: Top Cities for Venture...
According to data released by PitchBook, private equity (PE) fundraising continues to rise from once crisis stricken levels. The primary focus has now shifted to an unlikely source; small Private...
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4Q 2013 Private Equity Breakdown Report: What can we take away from the 4Q.
4Q 2013 Private Equity Breakdown Report: What can we take away from the 4Q. Last week Pitchbook released the Private Equity Breakdown Report for the 4th quarter of 2013. Before we can move on to the...
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Stuck on the Rough Draft? Rough Draft Ventures can help get your business going.
Boston-area students are by far the best and brightest; driven by their entrepreneurial ideals and passion for success. Last December Rough Draft Ventures, a Boston grown venture capital firm, set out...
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A result of the JOBS Act: The Initial Boost of the IPO Market +Infograph
The JOBS Act (Jump start Our Business Act) which was passed in April of last year has seen little to no effect on benefit for those respective channels of small business finance. This can be seen as an...
View ArticleA Smarter Incubator: How Harvard based iLabs can provide the equation for...
To allow anything to grow, sometimes all that is needed is space; In November of 2011, that was what Harvard Innovation Labs (iLabs) hoped to accomplish. The organizers of iLabs believed that giving...
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Dodd-Frank and the “Volcker Rule”
United States Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Another rule is now on the books with Dodd-Frank. In the news this morning was more information about the “Volcker Rule”, which is a specific...
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Convincing Everyone in Your Organization to Embrace CRM
When properly implemented, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software has the potential to drastically improve a company’s performance and efficiency. However, this can only occur if an...
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Venture Capitalist Divided by Gender: Metrics v. Vision
It is a difficult situation for entrepreneurs when approaching venture capitalists for funding. The ability to pitch a business idea to a venture capitalist can be daunting because the outcome...
View ArticleCustomer Service: How It’s Failing Your Business
During tough economic times customer loyalty can get rocky. Companies need to retain these customers by providing superb customer service and taking care of frustrated customers. Strong customer...
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Box: Let’s Take A Closer Look
The cloud computing industry has gained quite a bit of traction within the past year alone, with many companies launching and existing companies going public. Some of the most well-known companies...
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CRM: What is it? How does it work? Do I need to have it?
CRM: What is it? How does it work? Do I need to have it? Customer relationship management (CRM) is a method, internet capability (web-base app), or software that helps companies manage their customer...
View ArticleDeal Sourcing: Stay One Touch Ahead With CRMs
A recent report by the Private Equity Growth Capital Council stated that private equity firms in Massachusetts invested more than $6 billion in Mass-based companies in 2010, ranking number six in terms...
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The CRM Strategy
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) has been a buzzword for almost two decades now, ever since it popped up on the scene when Tom Siebel coined the phrase in 1993.1 Since then, it’s become a...
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EquityTouch: CRM Client Case Study
Disclaimer: Due to the highly competitive nature of our client’s industry, they have requested that all names and titles be kept confidential. All information, quotes and testimonies are one-hundred...
View ArticleWays to Improve Deal Sourcing
David Teten, CEO of Navon Partners, released a study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments. The study was published in the Winter 2010 issue of the Journal of...
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The Next 5 in 5 – A Prediction of CRM Capabilities
Each year, IBM predicts the next five technologies that will likely change the way we work, play and live in the next five years, otherwise known as “The Next 5 in 5.” Following this concept, CRM...
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CRM Systems and Deal Sourcing
With the onset of the financial crisis, the private equity industry saw a significant drop in the value of new deals and exits being made. Although there has been improvement in the value and volume of...
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Time for a CRM Evaluation Tune-Up?
As we all know, every business has its own set of individual characteristics: department structures including account management plans sales methodologies established customer processes deal sourcing...
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