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

David Teten

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Fundraising.

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Startup Opportunity: IAG?s Hangar 51 Accelerator, Up to ?500k Available

The Startup Magazine

Corporate accelerators are one of the best ways for startups to access capital, advice, and markets. The 10-week programme gives start-ups the opportunity to trial their products at scale and work closely with senior management and experts across the Group. Up to £500k initial investment depending on company stage.

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Lean Analytics: The Best Numbers for Non-Tech Companies

Startup Lessons Learned

Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. If you’re coming to them from outside the tech sector, the language around analytics can be particularly confusing. For those new to analytics, Alistair and Ben have a free Udemy course well worth checking out.

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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

Over my career as a serial entrepreneur I observed that since the late 1990s, no early-stage Silicon Valley investor had used business plans to screen investments. The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today.

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A Startup Guide to Creating an Ideal Customer Profile

ReadWriteStart

In the age of big data and analytics , business success is now measured in the knowledge you have that the competition does not. For a startup in the B2B market, that means there’s a reasonably steep hill to climb right from the beginning. It can also guide your marketing research as you try to identify new leads.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Dave’s a great guy with a good sense of humor and a broad knowledge of the market, which is why I was excited that he could be on the show. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Enter ShoeDazzle.

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Vision versus Hallucination – Founders and Pivots

Steve Blank

——— Yuri, one of my ex students started a big-data analytics company last year. He turned his PhD thesis into a killer product, got it funded and now was CEO of a company of 30. It was great to watch him embrace the spirit and practice of customer development. And that’s where the problem was. A Pivot a Week.

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