4 min read · 14 October 2010
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6 min read · 11 October 2010
Yesterday, we were the first to report that Alsop Louie Partners has held a final close on its second fund. It garnered $98.6 million in commitments after a two-year slog on the fund-raising trail. Stewart Alsop, who co-founded the San Francisco-based firm five years ago, talked candidly with me about the process, and what’s changed from when it all started. Here's our converation, edited and trimmed for length. Q: What was the hardest part of raising this new fund? A: The hardest part has been that institutional investors haven’t known what they want. They were all trying to figure out what their strategy was going forward, when all the rules changed . When they tell you, 'We’re doing our asset allocation strategy,' that’s code for ...
4 min read · 08 October 2010
3 min read · 08 October 2010
3 min read · 08 October 2010
Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organization development at Stanford, has been teaching students about power dynamics in the workplace for the last 30 years. This fall, Pfeffer published a book -- Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don’t -- that explores why what’s best for your employer isn’t always good for your career, and suggests that backing down never pays off. I caught up with Pfeffer this morning to talk about the book and its applicability to startups.
7 min read · 06 October 2010
5 min read · 06 October 2010
