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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. N etwork – We organize events regularly to build out our community. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

Creators that are able to grow a community while keeping engagement levels high have a greater opportunity to make a living from their craft more than ever before in history. They already distribute over $100M a month amongst their 200,000+ creators. We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth).

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

want to sidestep the argument about whether or not it's good to be " stealth " or not, and work with the assumption that if you've purchased the domain name, you're going to put up some sort of website. previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. Let's recap.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Here’s how the pitch sounds from the engineer’s perspective: ‘For ten whole percent of equity, you will slave away to build a prototype out of my shitty idea, not have any say in the decision-making process…and oh yeah, you could be fired at any point.’ Date for a bit, then split the equity.

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You Are What You Measure, So Choose Your KPIs (Incentives) Wisely!

Occam's Razor

Bonuses have been distributed. Look beyond the +1s, Followers and Likes, and leverage social channels to build out a community of like-type and like-sized :) people around you, a community that converses, shares, amplifies and, over the long term delivers economic value to the company. It will incentivize the right behavior.

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