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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

You might hire a really amazing designer, and perhaps even charge companies for their service for cost recovery purposes. However, the designer is a non-scaleable service; you’ll have to hire more people like her as your portfolio grows. . John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Kyle Dunn, CEO, Meyler Capital , says, “Investors should focus on building a large audience within a CRM system (having the ability to categorize your different constituents); communicate consistently to that audience; and implement an automation platform that can leverage lead score to profile interest. 3) Raise capital. Her answer? ‘I