Category: Venture Capital and Private Equity

One Dollar
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

Do You Really Want to Raise Money From a Venture Capitalist?

When I was much younger everyone, myself included, wanted to be a hedge fund manager. And who could blame us. After seeing the kind of houses these folks lived in, any sensible bloke with aspirations of ditching the 30-year old Fiat for a Porsche wanted a hedge fund of their

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Money Roll
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

5 Reasons Why Not to Raise Capital for Your Startup

I recently had dinner with co-founders of a startup who’d just raised quite a bit of money for their company, a deal which incidentally I’d passed on. The meal was fantastic: fresh salmon from the bay, washed down with a particularly good New Zealand pinot noir, while watching the sun

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Unicorn
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

Rainbows in the World of Venture Capital

Little girls love to live in a make-believe world. I know this because I have one – a little girl that is. She understands that teddy bears don’t have feelings, that the moon isn’t made of cheese, and she grudgingly understands that unicorns don’t really exist, though a part of

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US Congress
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

Two Things the US Government Got Right

In a shocking and uncharacteristic display of common sense, the US government has recently managed to pass two laws which are an absolutely fabulous idea. The legalization of marijuana in the US is the first one. I say this not because I’m a closet pot smoker; I don’t even reside

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Terminator
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

Are You Investing Like the Terminator? You Should Be!

When robots eventually take over this planet, killing us all (save a small group singled out to be used as slaves, and thrown into a big brother style environment with live streamed cage fights to the death), or possibly used in lab tests, you can bet that they won’t feel

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Chinese Food
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

Industry Standard be Damned!

Some 12 years ago, on my first trip to China, I found myself pleasantly surprised by almost everything I saw. The high quality and low cost of accommodation, the fantastic roads, and overall infrastructure. I found a friendly people with a truly surprising level of wealth. It was a country

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This Simple Strategy Could Have Potentially Saved Billions

Deal making is glamorous. Apparently… When I tell people what I do in private equity I get strange responses. “Oh, that sounds so great, so glamorous,” while the head rolls back and people look at the sky, perhaps imagining all the glamour. Maybe they are thinking international travel, negotiations in

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No Thanks, Call Me When You’re Dead

It’s no secret that Mark and I work with a lot of start-ups. In this capacity we align closely with various accelerators, incubators, venture capitalists, bankers and the attendant flotsam and jetsam in the early stage capital markets. All of the above mentioned folks are typically focusing on working to

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