In 2020 VC Investing hit a record $156.2 billion into U.S. startups amid the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first time venture capital investments topped $150 billion, according to a report from REO Capital. That data was among the findings...
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Private markets stayed strong in 2019. True, fundraising was down 11 percent. But $778 billion of new capital flowed into these Private Markets. Investors have a new motivation to allocate to private markets: exposure. More investors believe that private...
Making a Successful Pitch by asking for money for your business is always time-consuming, often fruitless, and inevitably stressful. But there are ways to make the process more productive and maybe even a little bit enjoyable–beginning with how, and...
TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people and found that ultra-successful people have a lot in common. In particular, 90 percent of them are skilled at managing their emotions in order to stay focused, calm and...
The Science of Persuasion: What is it? We have the power to capture the public, influence the undecided, and motivate purchases. There’s no magic involved, but actually scientific knowledge. The science of persuasion or Science of Influence comes from social psychology. Books and Influence: Influence:...
Business leaders want to buy from people they trust. Sell a few bad deals, and an unsavory reputation will begin to precede you. To become a “Trusted Fund Manager” — as so many thought leaders advocate — a fund...
For emerging managers, the use of Placement Agents to start a capital raise of a fund represents the most significant point for getting off the ground (and early on, scaling a firm). This issue has prevented many aspiring Emerging...
Will Dry Powder chase deals or will it remain on the sidelines? Both scenarios create problems The private equity industry has a problem. A big one. Dry powder, or uninvested cash, at private equity firms, totaled $1.45 trillion at the...
For RIA Firms, the transfer of wealth from baby boomers to their children over the next two decades is a bit like climate change: The consequences may eventually be huge, but it’s easy to ignore the issue in the short-term....
Over the next quarter century, some $70 trillion in assets is expected to pass from one generation to the next—the largest wealth transfer in U.S. history. It’s an event spurring a new wave of innovation at independent RIA firms....