Posted in What's Happening At North?, tagged analyst, help wanted, intern, mba, venture capital on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all Potential MBA Interns
North is rapidly expanding and is currently seeking smart, hard working, 1st year MBA interns as potential additions to our team of superheros. Below is a formal job description.
Early-Stage Venture Analyst – MBA Internship Position
North is seeking top MBA talent to provide support for our analyst team. Our interns will work [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, tagged Angel investing, capital, debt, north venture partners, raising money, venture capital, Venture Phenome Project on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The purpose of this Phenotype element is to determine what if any debt the business may have at the time of the financing, and more importantly if that debt will be serviced immediately upon closure of the round. What one isn’t looking to do is to fund a company only to have all the cash [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, tagged focus, fuzzy, make money, north venture partners, venture capital, Venture Phenome Project on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FOCUS
The purpose of this element is to determine whether or not the company has clear focus. Often new ventures, in an effort to build up multi-billion dollar financials, expand their offering to many different products/services. Does the venture have a clear path for the business, not just offer a mixed bag of various products/services and [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, Uncategorized, tagged funding, north venture partners, raising capital, Speed Pitch, venture capital on March 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Nearly every major funding website boasts that in addition to their “connecting” services, they also host entrepreneur speed pitching events. Speed pitching? It doesn’t work for finding a soul mate, so why would it work for finding a high quality venture investment? Let’s face it, true understanding of a venture, the management team, and the [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, Uncategorized, tagged funding, raising capital, venture capital, Whitepaper on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To an entrepreneur, fundraising is scary stuff, and rightfully so. Make no mistake about it; FUNDRAISING IS HARD, and even harder during leaner times. However, those working on the next big idea shouldn’t lose their faith. They should keep plugging away, stay inspired, and conduct careful research on the options available to them.
Besides the current [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, tagged funding, Support, Transparency, venture capital, Whitepaper on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Let’s not forget that entrepreneurs, and the investors that support them, need all the help they can get to turn their ideas into world-changing realities, and contrary to popular belief, more money is not the only answer.
The central issue is not with the quantity of ideas or number of willing investors, but rather in properly [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, Things Heading North, What's Happening At North?, tagged broken, funding, venture 360, Venture 360 Report, venture capital, Whitepaper on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As you know, the North team is on a mission to accelerate the rate at which innovation gets created in this country; and that effort begins with being more transparent with and helpful to entrepreneurs. Our new paper called Breaking Through The Broken: The Transparent Guide To Overcoming The Inefficiencies In Early Stage Venture Capital [...]
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