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GUEST POST: Trade Secret Due Diligence Checklist
September 26, 2023 Trade Secret Due Diligence Check-List Prepared for Deer Isle Group The below checklist should help Capital Providers conduct a thorough Trade Secret Due Diligence Process as well as help Capital... Read More -
CAPITAL ALWAYS HAS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE: Do a Peer Analysis!
September 26, 2023 Understanding how an Opportunity compares to its Peers is an important step in creating institutional quality capital markets positioning. Institutions make decisions within a context and there is almost always... Read More -
DEER ISLE: Insights, Flows and Investment Trends
September 26, 2023 Two Fund Managers Talking to Each Other About Buying / Selling Assets (True Story!) Fund Manager 1: “There are so many assets to buy…I can pretty much buy any assets... Read More -
SUPPORT, SUPPORT, SUPPORT, SUPPORT MODEL ASSUMPTIONS: 4 Methods to Support Model Assumptions, Even with Limited Operations
August 24, 2023 Effective modelling is an essential component of validating company valuations , especially in difficult fund-raising environments such as current market conditions. As such it is imperative that models are supported... Read More -
DO NOT TRY TO “MARKET-TIME” CAPITAL INTEREST! Do This Instead…
August 24, 2023 Having trouble raising capital in the private markets? You are not alone! HEARING THAT ALLOCATIONS IN YOUR STRATEGY ARE BEING MADE & YOU HAVE NOT BEEN RAISING CAPITAL? You are... Read More -
DEER ISLE: Insights, Flows and Investment Trends
August 23, 2023 China Low-Rate Environment – Capital Flow Consequences In March, we wrote in our Newsletter, that it seemed that the Chinese economy was weaker than expected and that China was one... Read More -
INSTITUTIONAL “FUND” CAPITAL PROVIDERS ARE FULL: Bandwidth Constraints
July 19, 2023 Having trouble raising capital for a fund that focuses on investing the private capital markets? You are not alone! Venture Capital funds are on pace to have the lowest funding level since... Read More -
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY CAPITAL MODELING: 3 Components for Best Practices
July 19, 2023 Most investment opportunities require an “institutional” quality model to effectively convey the investment proposition and obtain best outcomes. A successful model is the financial guidepost that tells the investment story... Read More -
DEER ISLE: Insights, Views and Investment Trends
July 19, 2023 Hollywood and AI Clash! Striking Hollywood screenwriters and actors have included compensation for residuals which includes how AI uses streaming and other publicly available but “owned” information on their list... Read More -
DEER ISLE: Insights, Views and Investment Trends
June 22, 2023 Fashionable Skirt Heights are Rising – Does this bode well for Stock Prices!? It seems that both women and the stock market are feeling optimistic. If you window shop on... Read More -
GUEST POST: Patent Due Diligence Check List
June 22, 2023 The below checklist should help Capital Providers conduct a thorough Patent Due Diligence Process as well as help Capital Seekers prepare for an Institutional Due Diligence Process Patents Date Requested... Read More -
EMAIL SUBJECT LINES THAT WORK IN THE CAPITAL MARKETS: Do’s and Dont’s
June 22, 2023 Email is still the main business communication tool – as bad as it is. Most business people use it for most of their communications. Post COVID, calls are reserved for... Read More