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

David Teten

aggregates resources from all the VCs. Several VCs market close relationships with celebrities who can use their social media presence to promote their companies. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. AskAnything.VC Celebrity Relationships. Advantages.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I went to Rhode Island School of Design. Well the same could be viewed as a community, a marketplace, social media company, anything. But I am, in aggregate, really proud, not just of the decisions we made, but of how everyone acted. Let me just tell you a little bit of a background. I'm not a business person.