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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies. For example, consider public relations.

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7 Interview Blunders and Bonuses

Up and Running

And just for the record, this candidate was a male, most likely in his late 30’s and had worked in the journalism and public relations field for nearly 15 years. 2: Not bringing a portfolio of your work : When interviewing for a position on a marketing team, ALWAYS bring a portfolio to your interview.

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Top Platforms for Freelancing Newbies

Transformify

You need to be careful in choosing the website where you’ll build your portfolio because you might end up wasting time, effort, and money without getting any clients. Branding and Public Relations. Behance is Adobe’s portfolio website so it’s easy to miss this opportunity. Creative Design. Translation.

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Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. 10 Portfolio Websites that Will Make You Say Wow | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1fdEoaA. 10 Portfolio Websites that Will Make You Say Wow | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1fdEoaA. – crowdspring.co/1fkwYB1.

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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

Gust

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. In the case of an acquisition, the shares are tendered for cash and/or stock in the acquiring company.).

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Startup Recruiting Hacks

This is going to be BIG.

One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. Public relations shouldn't just be used to source prospects or biz dev partners, but candidates as well. Talent Acquisitions.

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Twitter Link Roundup #213 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Famous tech acquisitions, cost per user – crowdspring.co/1gAC3Wp. Lots of insight in this value vs. price analysis on Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition – crowdspring.co/NptepI. 20 Beautiful UI & UX Designer Portfolios For Inspiration – crowdspring.co/1nHf3HU. Vanseo Design – crowdspring.co/1k4hVyi.