Investor Perspectives on Mobility: Featuring Mia Urman of AuraPlayer
In this episode, Hall welcomes Mia Urman, Founder & CEO of AuraPlayer. AuraPlayer was founded in January 2013 by Mia, an Oracle veteran with over 20 years of Oracle Forms experience, and Java Guru Yossi Nakash, CTO. AuraPlayer's founders built a modernization solution for Oracle Applications that would activate and…
Rating Your Deal Flow
Deal flow is the lifeblood of the startup investor. It's important to assess the deals in short order to prioritize follow-up. One way to help this process is to apply a rating to each deal. Here are some key factors and how to calculate them to use in your rating:…
Investor Connect: Jeffrey H. Bunin of Capital Lending Corp.
In this episode, Hall welcomes Jeffrey H. Bunin, Vice President of Commercial Lending at Capital Lending Corp. Founded in 1995, Capital Lending Corp. first offered commercial property loans. Soon after that, the company began to offer residential financing in Northern New Jersey. In 1996, Capital Lending Corp. added business financing…
Proprietary Deal Flow
Startup investing requires deal flow and the best deal flow comes from proprietary sources. Here are some key points to set up your own process: Contact your attorney and accountant as they are good sources of deal flow that aren't known by everyone else. Launch a content marketing program. Your…
Investor Connect: Kevin Rivers of Black Ventures, LLC
In this episode, Hall welcomes Kevin Rivers, Managing Partner at Black Ventures, LLC. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Black Ventures, LLC (BV) is an emerging private equity firm that buys media companies and real estate assets in wildly inefficient markets. They buy revenue-generating assets in music rights, apps, books, YouTube IPs,…
