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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. VCs crave the ability to help portfolio companies.

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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Welcome to our annual boldstart recap and enterprise predictions letter. First check to Series B?—?congrats

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Increase your premium pricing Referrals also allow you to diversify your pricing portfolio and charge a premium for your product or service. Exclusive Content or Advisory Board You can create exclusive content or an advisory board of your champion customers. These are offers for premium products at cut-rate prices.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #4: Seven lessons learned on the journey from founder to CEO

Austin Startup

where I am now a Venture Partner?—?in First Round has been an incredible partner in our journey from startup to public company. with the portfolio to show for it. investors, employees, clients, and partners. And then Rafa Pereira, our Director of Software Engineering, really pushed us to embrace OKRs three quarters ago.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.