David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a tutoring business has minimal start-up costs, which is great for people who want to start a business but don’t possess the capital to invest. This should not cost you much and is fairly simple in terms of overall effort and time. . Cons Of Starting A Tutoring Business. Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels . Bottom Line.

Reputation 147

Reputation Demand Web Development Social Media 147

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. Small fine-tuned models as an alternative to giant generic ones – when finely tuned with appropriate data, smaller, specialised LLMs can yield comparable results at a fraction of the cost.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Question : How do generalist PE funds differentiate and get in the advisers list? Question : How do PE funds differentiate in the LOI phase? Intermediaries. Banks, brokers, Advisors They have the confidence and trust of the business owner.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

To bring an additional perspective to the conversation, I invited Lightspeed portfolio companies BloomReach, EdgeSpring, MapR, Nutanix, PernixData and Virtual Instruments who are focused on helping companies store, manage, analyze, and surface next-generation data and content.

Business Model 159

Business Model Distribution Aggregator Channel 159

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

We got everything from price comparison engines to aggregated user reviews to one-click checkout. They are taking advantage of cheap media to cost effectively acquire new customers. A Lightspeed Portfolio company. It wasn’t about how well the dog could talk, it was amazing that the dog could talk at all. gross margin.

Internet 114

Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 114

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

Find campaigns where they are spending most money, lower the bounce rate and reduce acquisition cost. They have still not embraced the strategy for optimizing for marketing portfolios and still obsess about optimizing silos (they learned this from their TV, Print etc. But they don't realize the cost. Earn more affection.

Analytics 131

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131