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

David Teten

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. For technology vendors and models, see Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments. .

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

They can easily get great benefits and a six figure salary. It seems like it’s somewhat of a surprise to nontechnical people that development skills are VERY high in demand. An analytical mindset that might be somewhat jaded from past ventures is going to take a hard look at your idea, and their reaction is likely to be sobering.

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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners.

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