Coller Confidential
COLLER PRIZE EVENING | LESSONS FROM TIM PARKER
07 November 2011 by Ann Iveson
Masters and PhD Prize Winners 2011 announced at Annual Coller Prize Evening Tim Parker's learnings from an impressive career Now in its 6th year, last Wednesday was the Annual Coller Prize ...
Read MorePRIVATE EQUITY | THE MASTERCLASS | AN INVESTMENT OR EXPENSE?
31 October 2011 by Ann Iveson
Can you really be taught Private Equity or is it, as Oscar Wilde might have suggested, something you have to experience firsthand? Is a Business School able to manage the gap between...
Read MoreQUOTED IMPACT INNOVATION FUNDS - SOCIAL INVESTMENT'S NEXT STEP?
10 October 2011 by Tim Gocher
Can public equity markets provide the step-change needed in capital supply to the Social Impact sector? I’ll never forget sitting in an LBS classroom ten years ago when a visiting KKR executive (w...
Read MorePRIVATE EQUITY - A BAD BUSINESS?
27 September 2011 by Ann Iveson
Well according to the FT today that may be the belief of Ed Miliband as he espouses his plans for promoting ethical business behaviour during his inaugural speech as party leader at the Lab...
Read MoreTHRUSTING SOCIAL INVESTMENT INTO THE MAINSTREAM
21 September 2011 by Hans Holmen
Last week, the Coller Institute co-hosted an event with the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (“DIEE”) on Venture Philanthropy and Social Ventures . A first class panel comprising...
Read MoreLEADERSHIP IN PRIVATE EQUITY : A POSTSCRIPT - SPRING CLEANING
29 March 2011 by Ann Iveson
Is it just me or the changing of seasons? For no sooner than I write something on leadership in private equity and the papers seem awash with stories of management changes. Am I just mor...
Read MorePRIVATE EQUITY RECRUITMENT
23 March 2011 by Private Equity Club
I attended a seminar recently where Deborah Hannam presented to students on private equity sector recruitment. Deborah is head of private equity at The Rose Partnership and a member of the Institute’s...
Read MoreLEADERSHIP IN PRIVATE EQUITY
11 March 2011 by Ann Iveson
Last week the Coller Institute hosted an event entitled "Leadership Risk in Private Equity" . Rain forests have been destroyed and a significant volume of CO 2 exhaled by the weight of l...
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We hope our posts under the Coller Confidential banner attract comment. Our select band of contributors comes from both sides of the Academic and Practitioner divide. The Private Equity & Venture Capital Club at London Business School has its own blog on this site for LBS students and alumni. However if you would like to blog for the Institute see our competition below. You can identify yourself or use a pen name.
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- Have you read something on private equity or venture capital that you want others to know about?
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