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

David Teten

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate.

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5 Rules Of Relevancy That Set Your New Venture Apart

Startup Professionals Musings

Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service. These days, you have to foster a community of support for your business. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. A startup must maintain a relevant laser focus.

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5 Startup Intangibles That Can Energize Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service. These days, you have to foster a community of support for your business. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. A startup must maintain a relevant laser focus.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. .

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5 Rules of Relevance Every Startup Needs to Adopt

Startup Professionals Musings

Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service. These days, you have to foster a community of support for your business. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. A startup must maintain a relevant laser focus.

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Is Your Startup Relevant Enough to be Great?

Startup Professionals Musings

Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service. These days, you have to foster a community of support for your business. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. A startup must maintain a laser focus.

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5 Startup Strategies To Capitalize On Today’s Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service. These days, you have to foster a community of support for your business. Selling too early triggers customer defenses and drives them away. A startup must maintain a relevant laser focus.

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