http://venturehype.com/dont-benchmark-this/ Where Venture Angels Ignite™ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://venturehype.com/dont-benchmark-this/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Angel Investing Terms | Venture Hype Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.venturehype.com/?p=867#comment-500 [...] Benchmarks: A company is measured by certain performance goals. Using these benchmarks, you can determine what actions to take next, such as whether to re-invest in the company. [...] [...] Benchmarks: A company is measured by certain performance goals. Using these benchmarks, you can determine what actions to take next, such as whether to re-invest in the company. [...]

]]> http://venturehype.com/dont-benchmark-this/comment-page-1/#comment-2512 The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:05:10 +0000 http://www.venturehype.com/?p=867#comment-2512 “Without quantifiable information, you may as well be hoping and wishing that the company you are working with will do well.” – Can’t agree with you more. Budding angels aren’t fools; they just don’t know how to establish benchmarks for their investments. We’ll discuss more about this topic in future posts and hope the information will be useful to them. “Without quantifiable information, you may as well be hoping and wishing that the company you are working with will do well.” – Can’t agree with you more. Budding angels aren’t fools; they just don’t know how to establish benchmarks for their investments. We’ll discuss more about this topic in future posts and hope the information will be useful to them.

]]> http://venturehype.com/dont-benchmark-this/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Venture Hype Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:05:10 +0000 http://www.venturehype.com/?p=867#comment-34 “Without quantifiable information, you may as well be hoping and wishing that the company you are working with will do well.” – Can’t agree with you more. Budding angels aren’t fools; they just don’t know how to establish benchmarks for their investments. We’ll discuss more about this topic in future posts and hope the information will be useful to them. “Without quantifiable information, you may as well be hoping and wishing that the company you are working with will do well.” – Can’t agree with you more. Budding angels aren’t fools; they just don’t know how to establish benchmarks for their investments. We’ll discuss more about this topic in future posts and hope the information will be useful to them.

]]> http://venturehype.com/dont-benchmark-this/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Venture Hype | Angel Investing Terms Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:18:48 +0000 http://www.venturehype.com/?p=867#comment-23 [...] Don’t Benchmark This! [...] [...] Don’t Benchmark This! [...]

]]> http://venturehype.com/dont-benchmark-this/comment-page-1/#comment-12 tongyun Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:43:46 +0000 http://www.venturehype.com/?p=867#comment-12 Quite frankly I'm surprised that the angel investor did not establish benchmarks from the very beginning of the process. Without quantifiable information, you may as well be hoping and wishing that the company your are working with will do well. There's also something to be said about maintaining an arm's length relationship with the business owner so when the tough decisions have to be made, you don't have to worry about damaging a friendship. Quite frankly I'm surprised that the angel investor did not establish benchmarks from the very beginning of the process. Without quantifiable information, you may as well be hoping and wishing that the company your are working with will do well. There's also something to be said about maintaining an arm's length relationship with the business owner so when the tough decisions have to be made, you don't have to worry about damaging a friendship.

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